HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 01487000 NANTICOKE R NR BRIDGEVILLE, DE


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 75.4 sq.mi.                            Datum is 13.64 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 02060008 at Latitude: 38:43:45N  Longitude: 075:33:41W
Station is in the state of DE (county code 005) and serviced by the DE office.
Channel slope is 3.23 feet/mile
Stream length is 14.30 miles
Mean basin elevation is 50.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 1.70%     Lakes: N.A.%        Forests: 40.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 3.70 inches
Annual precipitation is 45.50 inches
Precipitation intensity is 3.55 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 26.50 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Extensive channel ditching began in Dec. 1969.


Daily and longer averages for 26 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
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The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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