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LOCATION.--Lat 39°25'51.5", long 75°42'34.1", 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. PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 2001 to current year. REVISIONS HISTORY.--WDR-US-2010: 2001-2009. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/md/nwis/inventory/?site_no=01483155: 2014, Drainage area. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 12.86 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. REMARKS.--Occasional regulation at low and medium flows for irrigation upstream from station during some years. U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station. EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 550 ft3/s, July 6, 2017, gage height, 5.55 ft; minimum discharge, 0.19 ft3/s, July 21, 2017. COOPERATION.--Funding for this station is provided by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Enviromental Control through the Delaware Geological Survey, and the U.S. Geological Survey.