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This site is affected by storm tides which increase
stream water levels at the gage. Stage values reported
are believed to be reasonably accurate, but the higher stage
readings may produce estimates of discharge that are higher than
actual.
STATION.--01483700 ST. JONES RIVER AT DOVER, DE
LOCATION.--Lat 39°09'49.4", long 75°31'08.7", Kent County, Hydrologic Unit 02040207, on left bank
150 ft upstream from Division Street Bridge in Dover, 1,950 ft downstream from Silver Lake, and
12.5 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--31.9 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 1958 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 0.0 ft above National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929. Prior to June 1973, at datum 0.50 ft higher.
REMARKS.--Flow affected by Silver Lake. Flow occasionally affected by tide and wind effect. U.S.
Geological Survey gage-height telemeter at station. Water-quality data for some prior periods have been
collected at this location.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 1,900 ft3/s, Sep. 13, 1960,
gage height, 9.45 ft (from floodmarks); minimum discharge, 0.0 ft3/s, no flow at times in
1959, 1961, 1962.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Delaware Geological Survey,
and the U.S. Geological Survey.
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