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USGS 01477800 SHELLPOT CREEK AT WILMINGTON, DE

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 39°45'39.5",   Longitude 75°31'07.3"   NAD83
New Castle County, Delaware, Hydrologic Unit 02040205
Drainage area: 7.46 square miles
Datum of gage: 14.04 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1989-06-15  2025-11-04  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1945-12-01  2025-11-03  29189 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1945-12-01  2023-10-25 28453 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1945-12  2023-10  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1946  2024  
 Peak streamflow 1945-08-01  2023-06-26  79 
 Field measurements 1946-01-17  2025-09-29  829 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1974-02-11  1987-09-29  160 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2023  18 
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