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LOCATION.--on left bank, 230 ft upstream of bridge on Postles Corner Road, 1.9 mi upstream from mouth, and 3.7 mi southeast of Dover. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- June 2020 to April 2023, August 2023 to October 01, 2024, August 29, 2025, to present. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is -0.12 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01483625	n/a
Location name	PIPE ELM BRANCH NEAR DOVER, DE	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	39.136556	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-75.458833	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from digital map	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS).	1
District	Maryland	24
State	Delaware	10
County	Kent County	001
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	-0.12 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
Date of first construction		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 Pipe Elm Branch Near Dover, DE - USGS-01483625