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Christina River at Wilmington, DE - 01480120

USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2006-04-11 2025-02-15
n/a Site Visits 2024-08-21 2024-08-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
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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.

LOCATION.-- On left bank of Christina River, on bulkhead at City of Wilmington Fire Station Number 7, 300 ft downstream of highway bridge (Christina Ave.), 0.7 mi upstream of Brandywine Creek, and 2.5 mi upstream of mouth. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- April 2006 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.00 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD88). From October 1, 2015 to December 27, 2021, datum of gage was -0.16 ft above NAVD88. From April 11, 2006 to September 30, 2015, datum of gage was 0.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, and -1.12 ft above NAVD88. PERIOD OF RECORD (Water Quality).--November 2021 to current year.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
USGS
Site identification number
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Site name
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Site type
ST-TS
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Latitude-longitude method
N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
1
Latitude-longitude datum
NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum NAD83
District
24
State
10
County
003
Country n/a
Land net location description n/a
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Scale of location map n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface n/a
Method altitude determined X
Altitude accuracy n/a
Altitude datum
NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
02040205
Drainage basin
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Topographic setting
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Date of first construction
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Date site established or inventoried n/a
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Time Zone abbreviation n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
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Data reliability
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Data-other GW files n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
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Well depth n/a
Hole depth
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Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a

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