USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01483155 SILVER LAKE TRIBUTARY AT MIDDLETOWN, DE
LOCATION - Lat 39°25'51.5", long 75°42'34.1" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, New Castle County, DE, Hydrologic Unit 02040205, on right bank just downstream from bridge on State Road 71, at Middletown, 0.5 mi upstream of Silver Lake.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1.73 mi². revised, from automated delineation using 30-meter National Elevation Dataset, digital elevation model data, dated 2011.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR-US-2010: 2001-2009.
https://waterdata.usgs.gov/md/nwis/inventory/?site_no=01483155: 2014, Drainage area.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - April 2001 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 12.86 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: May 2021 to current year. WATER TEMPERATURE: May 2021 to current year.
COOPERATION - Funding for water-quality collection is provided the United States Geological Survey.
INSTRUMENTATION - Multi-parameter water-quality monitor, May 2021 to current year.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 24.8°C, first occurrence on July 4, 2023; minimum, 1.7°C, first occurrence on December 24, 2022. SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 1,470 µS/cm on multiple days, first occurrence on January 16, 2022; minimum, 21 µS/cm, June 23, 2023.