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Philadelphia Water Resources Monitoring Program
A cooperative project with the Philadelphia Water Department

01475530 - Cobbs Cr at U.S. Hghwy No. 1 at Philadelphia, PA

NOTICE: With the exception of 01467200, calibration of water-quality instrumentation is conducted exclusively by Philadelphia Water Department personnel with USGS oversight. Erroneous or missing data, resulting from instrument malfunction, are not the responsibility of USGS.

Real-Time Station Data and Graphs:
Most Recent Real-Time Values
WT
11.10
K
341.00
pH
7.40
DO
10.60
Q
6.50
GH
2.35

WT= Temperature, water, degrees Celsius; K= Specific cond at 25C; pH= pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units; DO= Dissolved oxygen; Q= Discharge; GH= Gage height

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Station Information:
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Location:

Lat 39`58'29", long 75`16'49", Philadelphia County, Hydrologic Unit 02040202, on left bank 30 ft downstream from bridge on U.S. Highway No. 1 and 50 ft upstream from unnamed tributary at west city limits of Philadelphia.
Drainage Area:
4.78 mi2
Period of Record:
October 1964 to September 1981, September 2004 to current year.
Gage:
Water-stage recorder, concrete control, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 121.76 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.

 

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