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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1999-05-11 1999-09-14
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1999-05-11 1999-09-14
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1999-05-11 1999-09-14
Inorganics, Minor, Non-metals Water-quality 1999-05-11 1999-09-14
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1999-05-11 1999-09-14
Nutrient Water-quality 1999-05-11 1999-09-14
Organics, other Water-quality 1999-05-11 1999-09-14
Organics, pesticide Water-quality 1999-05-11 1999-09-14
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1994-03-01 2024-11-21
Sediment Water-quality 1999-05-11 1999-09-14
n/a Peak Measurements 1994-01-28 2023-07-04
n/a Site Visits 1994-04-20 2024-11-04
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01478650 is associated with a Stream in New Castle County, Delaware. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Specific conductance, and more are available. Water data back to 1994 are available online.

LOCATION.-- On right bank 200 ft upstream from highway bridge on Paper Mill Road, at Newark, and 10.3 mi upstream from mouth. PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 1994 to current year. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 55.31 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 and 56.45 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. REMARKS.--Flow affected by the City of Newark municipal water treatment plant upstream from the station, and by periodic withdrawals to maintain storage in the City of Newark's pumped storage reservoir. PERIOD OF RECORD (Water Quality).-- WATER TEMPERATURE: October 2018 to current year. SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: September 2019 to current year.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01478650 n/a
Site name
WHITE CLAY CREEK AT NEWARK, DE n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 394121.2 n/a
DMS longitude 0754455.5 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.6892222 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.74875 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. S
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Maryland 24
State
Delaware 10
County
New Castle County 003
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map NEWARK EAST, DE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 55.31 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .02 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Brandywine-Christina 02040205
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
69.0 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files NNNNNNNN n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number 441000100 n/a

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