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1 data types available - data from 2020-05-28 to 2026-08-20

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Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.-- On creek side of tidal gate, and at the mouth.

PERIOD OF RECORD.-- May 2020 to current year.

GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.00 ft above North American Vertical datum of 1988.

REMARKS.-- Discharge is not determined at this location. Water-levels affected by tidal gates at the mouth.

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Delaware Geological Survey

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01482220	n/a
Location name	ARMY CREEK AT NEW CASTLE, DE	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	39.6514444444444	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-75.5868888888889	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)	G
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS).	1
District	Maryland	24
State	Delaware	10
County	New Castle County	003
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	0	n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	0.01 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Brandywine-Christina	02040205
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction	20190903	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
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

Monitoring location Army Creek at New Castle, DE - USGS-01482220