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USGS 01467087 Frankford Creek at Castor Ave, Philadelphia, PA

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Station gage imageSTATION.--01467087 FRANKFORD CREEK AT CASTOR AVENUE, PHILADELPHIA, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`00'57", long 75`05'50", Philadelphia County, Hydrologic Unit 02040202, on left bank at upstream side of Castor Avenue bridge, and 2.8 mi upstream from mouth in northeast Philadelphia.
DRAINAGE AREA.--30.4 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1982 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, water-quality monitor and concrete control. Datum of gage is 16.56 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey. Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the City of Philadelphia, Water Department and the U.S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS.--Calibration of specific conductance, dissolved oxygen, and pH instrumentation is conducted exclusively by Philadelphia Water Department personnel with USGS oversight. Erroneous or missing data, resulting from instrument malfunction, are not the responsibility of USGS.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-6 ft; Flood stage-7 ft; Moderate flood stage-8 ft; Major flood stage-10 ft.
This station managed by the PAWSC Downingtown Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2018-10-01  2026-06-10
1990-10-19  2026-06-10
2007-10-01  2026-06-10
2018-10-01  2026-06-10
2026-02-27  2026-06-10
2026-02-27  2026-06-10
2026-03-02  2026-06-10
2023-06-10  2026-06-10
2026-02-10  2026-06-10







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 23.2 06-10-2026   19:45 EDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 368 06-10-2026   19:45 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Jun 10 based on 43 water years of record more
Min
(2002)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median 75th
percen-
tile		 Mean Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Jun 10		 Max
(2018)
5.71 12 16 31 51 368 636

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.74 06-10-2026   19:45 EDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 451 06-10-2026   19:45 EDT
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.9 06-10-2026   19:45 EDT
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, percent of saturation
Most recent instantaneous value: 10 06-10-2026   19:45 EDT
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
Most recent instantaneous value: 6.9 06-10-2026   19:45 EDT
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Barometric pressure (BP), uncorrected, pounds per square inch
Most recent instantaneous value: 14.6200 06-10-2026   19:45 EDT
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Photosynthetically active radiation (average flux density on a horizontal surface during measurement interval), micromoles of photons per square meter per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 19.0 06-10-2026   19:45 EDT
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