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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2015-05-13 2024-12-21
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2015-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01483510 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Kent County, Delaware. Current conditions of Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 2015 are available online.

LOCATION.-- Located at northeast shore, near fish ladder and spillway, at upstream side of bridge on State Route 13, 1.5 mi northeast of Cheswold. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- May 2015 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 0.00 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. REMARKS.--Elevation of lake can be controlled by lift boards.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01483510 n/a
Site name
GARRISONS LAKE NEAR CHESWOLD, DE n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 391439.5 n/a
DMS longitude 0753518.2 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.24430556 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.58838889 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
Kent County 001
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map DOVER, DE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0.00 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS4 - Level 4 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Z
Altitude accuracy 0.1 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Broadkill-Smyrna 02040207
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
Lake or Swamp
L
Flags for instruments at site NNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20150501 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 n/a

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