Garrisons Lake Near Cheswold, DE - 01483510

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Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NAVD 1988, feet

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5.71 ft

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Apr 21, 2025

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1 data types available - data from 2015-05-13 to 2025-04-21

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Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NAVD 1988, feet

2015-05-13 - 2025-04-21

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Important information about this monitoring location

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.

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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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Garrisons Lake Near Cheswold, DE - 01483510

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