Delaware River at New Castle, DE

Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.-- At mouth of Army Creek, on river side of tidal gate. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- April 2012 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.00 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to July 10, 2019, at site 1.4 mi northeast from current location, on right bank at end of pier in Battery Park, 250 ft downstream from end of Delaware Ave. REMARKS.--This is a tidal station. Discharge is not determined at this location.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01482170	_n/a
Site name	DELAWARE RIVER AT NEW CASTLE, DE	_n/a
Site type	Tidal stream	ST-TS
DMS latitude	393905.0	_n/a
DMS longitude	0753512.7	_n/a
Decimal latitude	39.65138889	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-75.5868611	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
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	WILMINGTON SOUTH, DE	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	0.00 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	.01 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Brandywine-Christina	02040205
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting	Stream channel	C
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	20120320	_n/a
Drainage area		_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	00100	_n/a

Operated in cooperation with:

Delaware Geological Survey