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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2006-04-11 2024-11-21
n/a Site Visits 2024-08-21 2024-08-21
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Monitoring location 01480120 is associated with a Tidal stream in New Castle County, Delaware. Current conditions of Estuary or ocean water surface elevation above NAVD 1988, Specific conductance, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 2006 are available online.

Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01480120 n/a
Site name
CHRISTINA RIVER AT WILMINGTON, DE n/a
Site type
Tidal stream
ST-TS
DMS latitude 394409.9 n/a
DMS longitude 0753226.0 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.7360833 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.5405556 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
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 Wilmington South n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .12 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 YNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20060404 n/a
Drainage area
237 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 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 242700151 n/a

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