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USGS 01480015 RED CLAY CREEK NEAR STANTON, DE

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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LOCATION.-- On right bank at downstream side of westbound lane of bridge on State Highway 4, near Stanton, and 0.9 mi upstream from mouth.
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- October 1988 to current year.
GAGE (MANU).-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is -1.15 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 and 0.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
REMARKS (MANU).-- Records adjusted for inflow from June 1994 to September 2011. Low flows augmented at times by inflow from Hoopes Reservoir located 5.7 mi upstream from gage on unnamed tributary to Red Clay Creek, capacity 2,000,000,000 gal. Water from Brandywine Creek is pumped into Hoopes Reservoir and is then released into Red Clay Creek during periods of low flow. Water from Red Clay Creek is used for municipal supply.
This station managed by the MD-DE-DC Water Science Center Dover office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1989-06-09  2024-11-21
2007-10-01  2024-11-21
2024-07-24  2024-11-21







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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 52.9 11-21-2024   06:15 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 21 based on 36 water years of record more
Min
(2001)
25th
percen-
tile
Median Mean Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 21
75th
percen-
tile
Max
(2004)
20.2 32 38 50 52.9 58 154


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 7.96 11-21-2024   06:15 EST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 6.81 11-21-2024   06:15 EST
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