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USGS 01477800 SHELLPOT CREEK AT WILMINGTON, DE

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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LOCATION.-- On right bank 100 ft east of intersection of 44th and Pine Streets in Clifton Park, 700 ft downstream from bridge on North Market Street in Wilmington, 0.2 mi downstream from Matson Run, and 2.3 mi upstream from mouth. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- December 1945 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, concrete control and crest stage gage. Datum of gage is 14.04 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 and 15.16 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. REMARKS.--Occasional regulation at low flow from unknown source upstream from station. EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.-- Maximum stage known since at least 1940, that of July 5, 1989. Flood of Aug. 1, 1945, reached a stage of about 8.5 ft, from floodmarks.

This station managed by the MD-DE-DC Water Science Center Dover office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1989-06-15  2024-11-21
2007-10-01  2024-11-21
2024-07-23  2024-11-21







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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 23.4 11-21-2024   05:55 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 21 based on 77 water years of record more
Min
(1966)
25th
percen-
tile
Median 75th
percen-
tile
Mean Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 21
Max
(1953)
0.60 1.3 2.3 4.8 6.6 23.4 77.0


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 1.95 11-21-2024   05:55 EST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 15.99 11-21-2024   05:55 EST
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