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USGS 01480120 CHRISTINA RIVER AT WILMINGTON, DE

  Stream: Tidal stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 39°44'09.9",   Longitude 75°32'26.0"   NAD83
New Castle County, Delaware, Hydrologic Unit 02040205
Drainage area: 237 square miles
Datum of gage: 0.00 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    2007-10-01  2025-11-01  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2021-11-11  2025-10-31  4302 
    Gage height, feet  2006-04-11  2015-09-29  6898 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2021-11-11  2025-10-31  4332 
    Estuary or ocean water surface elevation above NAVD 1988, feet  2015-10-01  2025-11-01  6737 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2021-11-11  2024-08-19 999 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2021-11-11  2024-08-19 1006 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2021-11  2024-08  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2021-11  2024-08  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2022  2024  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2022  2024  
 Field measurements 2024-08-21  2025-08-06  74 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2023  18 
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