PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

STATION.--01487000  NANTICOKE RIVER NEAR BRIDGEVILLE, DE
LOCATION.--Lat 38°43'42.0", long 75°33'42.7", Sussex County, Hydrologic Unit 02060008, on left bank
   at downstream side of highway bridge, 800 ft downstream from Gum Branch, 2.5 mi southeast of Bridgeville,
   and 50.5 mi upstream from  mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--75.4 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1943 to current year.  Prior to October 1955, published as Gravelly Fork
   near Bridgeville.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1111:  1947.  WSP 1232:  1945-49.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder.  Datum of gage is 13.64 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 
  (levels by Soil Conservation Service). Prior to Apr. 19, 1947, nonrecording gage, and Apr. 19, 1947 to
   Dec. 18, 1969, recording gage at present site and datum. Timber control Sept. 3, 1947 to Dec. 18,
   1969.  Feb. 18, 1970 to Oct. 1, 1973, recording gage at site 300 ft downstream at same datum.
REMARKS.--U.S. Geological Survey gage-height telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 3,020 ft3/s, Feb. 26, 1979,
   gage height, 10.31 ft; minimum discharge, 6.3 ft3/s,  Sept. 29, 1943.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum stage known, about 11.0 ft in September 1935, from information
   by local residents.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Delaware Geological Survey,
   and the U.S Geological Survey.