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LOCATION.-- On the southbound side of Route 1 in the town of Bethany Beach. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- Sept. 22, 2023 to Sept. 28, 2023 (Rapid Deployment Gage); January 2024 to current year. GAGE.-- Water stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.00 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	01484689	n/a
Location name	BETHANY BEACH CANAL AT BETHANY BEACH, DE	n/a
Site type	Canal	ST-CA
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	38.54122222222222	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-75.05983333333333	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	Sussex County	005
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	Chincoteague	02040303
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	0.43 square miles	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 Bethany Beach Canal at Bethany Beach, DE - USGS-01484689