USGS 01577500 Muddy Creek at Castle Fin, PA

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Station gage imageSTATION.--01577500 MUDDY CREEK NEAR CASTLE FIN, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 39°46'21", long 76°18'58" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, York County, PA, Hydrologic Unit 02050306, bridge on SR 2024 (Paper Mill Rd), 0.8 mi northeast of Castle Fin, and approximately 1 mi east of the intersection of SR 2024 and State Highway 74.
DRAINAGE AREA.--133 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1928 to September 1939 and April 1968 to September 1971. January 1989 to September 1995 and October 2010 to March 2014 (discharge measurements). April 2014 to current.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage and water-quality monitor. Elevation of gage is 175.42 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and the County of York.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.--
Supplied by USGS.-- Operational limit of instrumentation - 18.5 ft.
This station managed by the PAWSC New Cumberland Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2019-12-18  2025-07-11
2014-04-10  2025-07-11
2014-04-09  2025-07-11
2019-12-18  2025-07-11
2019-12-18  2024-10-23
2019-12-18  2024-10-23
2019-12-18  2025-07-11
2019-12-18  2025-07-11
2020-08-06  2025-07-11
2019-12-18  2025-07-11
2019-12-18  2025-07-11
2019-12-18  2025-07-11
2019-12-18  2025-07-11
2020-08-06  2025-07-11
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2019-12-18  2025-07-11
2019-12-18  2025-07-11
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 24.4 07-11-2025   20:30 EDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 163 07-11-2025   20:30 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Jul 11 based on 25 water years of record more
Min
(1931)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Jul 11		 Max
(1970)
52.0 75 97 127 154 163 400

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.55 07-11-2025   20:30 EDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 179 07-11-2025   20:30 EDT
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
 
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
 
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU), [(2)]
Most recent instantaneous value: 18.3 07-11-2025   20:30 EDT
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Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed by regression equation, pounds per day
Most recent instantaneous value: 32000 07-11-2025   20:30 EDT
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Total nitrogen [nitrate + nitrite + ammonia + organic-N] yield, computed by regression equation, pounds per day per square mile
Most recent instantaneous value: 38.56 07-11-2025   20:30 EDT
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Phosphorus yield, computed by regression equation, pounds per day per square mile
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.38 07-11-2025   20:30 EDT
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Suspended sediment yield, computed by regression equation, pounds per day per square mile
Most recent instantaneous value: 242.86 07-11-2025   20:30 EDT
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Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day
Most recent instantaneous value: 16.2 07-11-2025   20:30 EDT
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Phosphorus, water, unfiltered, pounds of phosphorus per day
Most recent instantaneous value: 51.0 07-11-2025   20:30 EDT
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Total nitrogen [nitrate + nitrite + ammonia + organic-N], water, unfiltered, pounds of nitrogen per day
Most recent instantaneous value: 5130 07-11-2025   20:30 EDT
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen, [Qualified]
Most recent instantaneous value: 5.5 07-11-2025   20:30 EDT
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Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter
Most recent instantaneous value: 36.6 07-11-2025   20:30 EDT
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Phosphorus, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter as phosphorus
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.058 07-11-2025   20:30 EDT
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Total nitrogen [nitrate + nitrite + ammonia + organic-N], water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter as nitrogen
Most recent instantaneous value: 5.8 07-11-2025   20:30 EDT
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