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	Available Parameters
	00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00060 Discharge(Mean)
	00095 Specific cond at 25C(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00300 Dissolved oxygen(Max.,Min.,Mean)
	00400 pH(Max.,Min.,Med.)

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Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024

01487150 BUCKS BRANCH NEAR ATLANTA, DE

LOCATION - Lat 38°41'29.3", long 75°38'05.6" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Sussex County, DE, Hydrologic Unit 02080109, on left bank about 100 ft upstream of highway culverts on road no. 561 (Wesley Church Road), 900 ft upstream from confluence with Freidel Prong, and 2.6 mi southeast of Atlanta.

DRAINAGE AREA - 2.97 mi².

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - January 2014 to June 2016 (discontinued).

GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest stage gage. Datum of gage is 24.23 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

REMARKS -

Water Year 2016: Records poor, including those for estimated daily discharges.

Water Year 2015: Records fair, except those above 25 ft³/s and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

2Water Year 2014: Records fair, except those above 25 ft³/s, which are poor. No estimated daily discharges.

U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: February 2014 through July 2014, December 2014 - August 2015. WATER TEMPERATURE: February 2014 through July 2014, December 2014 - August 2015. pH: February 2014 through July 2014, December 2014 - August 2015. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: February 2014 through July 2014, December 2014 - August 2015.

COOPERATION - Funding for water-quality data collection is provided by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the United States Geological Survey.

INSTRUMENTATION - Multi-parameter water-quality monitor, February 2014 to July 2014, December 2014 to August 2015.

EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 360 microsiemens/cm, March 29, 2014; minimum, 66 microsiemens/cm, August 05, 2015. WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 24.6°C, July 8, 2014; minimum, 0.9°C, February 17, 2015. pH: Maximum, 7.0 standard units, March 22, 2014 and April 11, 2014; minimum, 5.9 standard units, May 16, 2014. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 17.0 mg/L, March 4, 2014 and April. 9, 2014; minimum, 4.9 mg/L, May 13, 2014.