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Monitoring location 01482695 is associated with a Canal in New Castle County, Delaware. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, Specific conductance, and more are available. Water data back to 2020 are available online.

LOCATION.-- on north shore of canal, 2 mi southwest of Delaware City, 3 miles from entrance to Delaware Bay, 14 miles from entrance to Elk River. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- November 2019 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and velocity meter. Datum of gage is 0.00 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. REMARKS.-- Discharge is computed from relations between stage vs. area and index velocity vs. mean channel velocity. Positive flow represents flow toward the Delaware River and Bay. Negative flow represents flow toward Elk River and Chesapeake Bay.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01482695 n/a
Site name
C AND D CANAL NR DELAWARE CITY, DE n/a
Site type
Canal
ST-CA
DMS latitude 393314.6 n/a
DMS longitude 0753707.9 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.55405556 n/a
Decimal longitude -75.6188611 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft) G
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Maryland 24
State
Delaware 10
County
New Castle County 003
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map DELAWARE CITY, DE n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 0 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System Y
Altitude accuracy .12 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Brandywine-Christina 02040205
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
20191106 n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20200117 n/a
Drainage area
n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a

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