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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01482320 RED LION CREEK NEAR DELAWARE CITY, DE
LOCATION - Lat 39°36'18.72", long 75°37'48.06" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, New Castle County, DE, Hydrologic Unit 02040205, on right bank at the downstream side of wing wall at highway bridge on DE-9 / River Road, 2.8 miles northwest of Delaware City, 5.3 miles southwest of New Castle, 4,500 feet upstream from tide gates at mouth to Delaware Bay.
DRAINAGE AREA - Not determined.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - December 1993 to September 1994, June 2007 to August 2016, July to November 2017, September 2020 to May 2024 (discontinued).
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. A Tapedown is used from RP1 as the Primary Reference at this site, and tapedowns from RP5 are made for reference.
REMARKS - Water Year 2024: Records fair. Missing data due to equipment malfunction.
Water Year 2023: Records fair. Missing data due to equipment malfunction.
Water Year 2022: Records poor. Missing data due to equipment malfunction.
Water Year 2021: Records fair.
Water Year 2017: Records fair.
Water Year 2016: Records fair.
Water Years 2014-2015: Records good.
Water Year 2013 and prior years’ accuracy statements can be found in Annual Water Data Reports.
This is a stage only station. Discharge is not determined at this location. Stage measured as part of the Potomac Aquifer Study at Standard Chlorine, Delaware City.
This is a stage only station. Discharge is not determined at this location. Stage measured as part of the Potomac Aquifer Study at Standard Chlorine, Delaware City.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum gage height, 4.47 ft, October 30, 2012; minimum gage height, -2.19 ft, March 15, 2023.
