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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01484235 CEDAR CREEK NEAR SLAUGHTER BEACH, DE
LOCATION - Lat 38°56'06.1", long 75°19'25.3" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Sussex County, DE, Hydrologic Unit 02040207, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 36, 1.8 mi northwest of Slaughter Beach and 0.9 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - Not determined.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1965 to September 1991 (annual maximum only), June 2017 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.00 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. From June 1965 to September 1991, datum of gage -0.51 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, 0.78 ft higher than present datum.
REMARKS - Water Years 2020-2023: Records good.
Water Year 2019: Records good, missing data due to recorder malfunction.
Water Years 2017-2018: Records good.
This is a tidal station. Discharge is not determined at this location. U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.
This is a tidal station. Discharge is not determined at this location. U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Storm of October 31, 1991 reached a stage of 5.66 ft at datum then in use. Storm of Jan. 4, 1992 reached a stage of 6.61 ft at datum then in use.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum elevation, 6.46 ft at datum then in use, March 29, 1984; minimum elevation, unknown.
