Appoquinimink River Near Odessa, DE

Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.--On downstream side of bridge on Silver Run Road (Rt. 9) near Odessa, about 3 mi upstream from the confluence with the Delaware River. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- TEMPERATURE: October 2011 to current year. SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: October 2011 to current year. pH: October 2011 to current year. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: October 2011 to current year. INSTRUMENTATION.-- Multi-parameter water-quality monitor, October 26, 2011 to current year. REMARKS.-- Missing record due to periodic instrument malfunction, blow-out tides caused by heavy NW / WNW wind, and probes affected by ice.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01483177	_n/a
Site name	APPOQUINIMINK RIVER NEAR ODESSA, DE	_n/a
Site type	Estuary	ES
DMS latitude	392757.4	_n/a
DMS longitude	0753648.7	_n/a
Decimal latitude	39.46594444	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-75.61352778	_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	TAYLORS BRIDGE, DE	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	0 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model	N
Altitude accuracy	5 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		_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

Operated in cooperation with:

Delaware Geological Survey

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds