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USGS 01478950 PIKE CREEK NEAR NEWARK, DE

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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LOCATION.-- On left bank downstream of highway bridge on Upper Pike Creek Road, 2.7 mi northeast of Newark, and 0.8 mi upstream from mouth.
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- Annual maximum, water years 1969-75. October 2019 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 41.61 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. November 1968 to September 1975, nonrecording gage at site 0.35 mi downstream, on right upstream wingwall of bridge on State Highway 2, at datum 30.96 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
PERIOD OF RECORD (Water Quality).-- October 2019 to current year.
This station managed by the MD-DE-DC Water Science Center Dover office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2019-10-02  2026-10-12
2019-10-01  2026-10-12
2019-10-01  2026-10-12
2019-10-02  2026-10-12
2019-10-01  2026-10-12







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 17.6 10-12-2026   14:35 EDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 13.1 10-12-2026   14:35 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 12 based on 6 water years of record more
Min
(2025)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 12		 Max
(2021)
1.26 1.6 1.7 4.1 5.8 13.1 15.7

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.09 10-12-2026   14:35 EDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 174 10-12-2026   14:35 EDT
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 42.70 10-12-2026   14:35 EDT
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