USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01478650 WHITE CLAY CREEK AT NEWARK, DE
LOCATION - Lat 39°41'21.2", long 75°44'55.5" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, New Castle County, DE, Hydrologic Unit 02040205, on right bank 200 ft upstream from highway bridge on Paper Mill Road, at Newark, and 10.3 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 69 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1994 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 55.31 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 and 56.45 ft above National Geodetric Vertical Datum of 1929.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: October 2018 to current year. SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: September 2019 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Single parameter water-quality monitor: October 2018 to September 2019. Multi-parameter water-quality monitor: September 2019 to current year.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD -
TEMPERATURE: Minimum -0.3 °C recorded on January 16, 2022; maximum: 29.2°C, July 21, 2020.
SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Minimum: 86 µS/cm recorded on September 2, 2021; Maximum: 658 µS/cm recorded on February 24, 2021.