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GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 190

INDEX OF WATER-RESOURCES RECORDS 

IN THE DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 

TO SEPTEMBER. 30, 1951

Prepared by the Pennsylvania Water Resources Council 

Water Resources Division, Geological Survey
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Oscar L. Chapman, Secretary

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 

W. E. Wrather, Director

GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 190

INDEX OF WATER-RESOURCES RECORDS IN THE DELAWARE RIVER BASIN

TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1951

Prepared by the Pennsylvania Water Resources Council 

Water Resources Division, Geological Survey

Washington, D. C., 1952

Free on application to the Geological Survey, Washington 25, D. C.
INDEX OF WATERrRESOURCES RECORDS IN THE DELAWARE RIVER BASIN

TO SEPTEMBER 30, 1951

CONTENTS

Introduction............................................

Drainage areas of principal streams...........

Surface water....... ..................................

Explanation of data...............................

Index of surface-water records...............

Selected publications on surface water.....

Index of chemical and sediment samplingstation records...........................

Selected publications on quality of surface 

water........................................

Ground water..........................................

Explanation of data...............................

Index of water-level records for observation wells...................................

Page 

1

3

4

4

4

7

10

11

11

11

Ground water-Continued

Index of chemical sampling of ground

water.........................................

Location of wells sampled periodically... 

Location of miscellaneous analyses of 

ground water...............................

Selected publications on ground'water,

including chemical quality..............

Cooperating agencies in Delaware basin

states.........................................

Addresses of Geological Survey field offices 

in Delaware basin states................

Page

14

14

15

16

18

19

ILLUSTRATION

Page

Figure 1. Outline map of the Delaware River basin.

TABLES

Table 1. Annual Water-Supply Papers containing streamflow records.. 

2. Annual Water-Supply Papers containing water-level records..

Page

9

18

INTRODUCTION

This report is an index of all surface-water, 

ground-water, and quality-of-water data which have 

been or are now being collected on a continuous or 

periodic basis, by the U. S. Geological Survey and 

the cooperating agencies in the Delaware River basin, 

to September 30, 1951. The index is divided into two 

principal sections, the surface-water section relating 

to streams and the ground-water section to wells and 

springs. Each section contains an index of records on 

quality of water.

All surface-water data in this report are classified 

by stream name and state. The ground-water data 

are classified by state and county inasmuch as most 

ground-water studies and compilations are made on 

the basis of a county as a unit.

Lists of selected publications relating to surface and 

ground waters appear at the end of the respective sections. These lists include not only most of the publications issued or prepared by the Geological Survey, but 

also a representative group of publications prepared 

elsewhere, particularly reports concerned with large 

parts of, or the entire, basin.

Those Federal, State, and municipal agencies now 

engaged in cooperative water-resources investigations 

with the Geological Survey are listed in a section following the ground-water portion of this report.

In addition to the data indicated in this index, the 

Geological Survey has obtained information at many 

miscellaneous localities throughout the Delaware River 

basin. Much of this information is available to the public upon application to the Survey field offices, and to 

facilitate the use of these miscellaneous data, a list of 

the field offices having such information is given at the 

end of the report.
42"

40°

Figure 1. Outline map of the Delaware River basin.
INDEX OF RECORDS IN DELAWARE RIVER BASIN J 

DRAINAGE AREAS OF PRINCIPAL STREAMS

Each Delaware basin stream listed below has a drainage area of 50 square miles or more. The streams are 

listed in downstream order. Tributary streams are indicated by indention.

The drainage area of the entire Delaware River basin, including the tributary basin of Delaware Bay but excluding the surface area of the bay, is 12, 765 square miles. The drainage area of all streams tributary to the 

bay only, is about 1,440 square miles.

The dividing line between Delaware River and Delaware Bay is an arbitrary line connecting Liston Point on 

the Delaware shore with a point below the mouth of Hope Creek on the New Jersey shore. The mouth of Delaware 

Bay is approximately a line connecting the points of Cape May and Cape Henlopen.

East Branch Delaware River (head of

Beaver Kill... ......................................

\Aftf* cif" Tt y*fl nf*Vi T"l^*l AW A Y*O "Ri VOT*

fa 1 i r*r\r*n f"1 T*d*»lr

T .nolf a W9 Y**n Rivt* i*

\Af a 1 1 ^Tinatinsi r*lr (~* Y*c*c*lr

West Branch Wallenpaupack Creek.. ..

Basher Kill......................................

Bushkill Creek (Pike-Monroe Counties).... 

Flat Brook..........................................

Paulins Kill.........................................

Bushkill Creek (Northhampton County)

Black Creek......................................

Little Lehigh Creek.... .......................

Saucon Creek....................................

lUTnQontiP frontier T? i vc* Y*

C rosswiclcs C ircclc

Big Timber Creek... .............................

Schuylkill River.......... .........................

Little Schuylkill River........................

Drainage area, in square miles, for indicated States

N. Y.

840 

81.6 

298 

130 

613 

52.5 

66.5

112 

74.9

208 

336 

68.6

 

 

-------

N. J.

10

65.7

177 

158

56.2 

158

90.8 

139

342 

62.8

 

Pa. '

51

57.7

601 

62.3 

70.0 

240 

70.7 

84.1

156

287 

111

74.8 

1, 364 

127 

50.1 

55.8 

62.6 

111- . 

53.8 

79.4 

188 

81.0 

58.2

112

233

56.0

1,909 

53.4 

137 

216 

55.6

Del.

-- -

Md,

----

 

-

Total

840 

81.6 

298 

130 

664 

52.5 

66.5 

57.7 

112 

74.9 

601 

62.3 

70.0 

240 

70.7 

84.1 

208 

346 

68.6 

156 

65.7 

287 

111 

177 

158 

74.8 

1,364 

127 

50.1 

55.8 

62.6 

111 

53.8 

79.4 

188 

81.0 

58.2 

56.2 

158 

112 

90.8 

139 

233 

342 

56.0 

62.8 

1,909 

53.4 

137 

216 

55.8

Total gaged 

area above 

active gaging 

stations

783

241 

63 

648 

49.8 

66

111

518

63.2 

228

202 

302

117 

65.1 

259

126 

144

1, 306

109

76.7 

157 

75.8 

26.6

143 

97.4 

89.4 

83.6 

210 

111

1,893

122
INDEX OF RECORDS IN DELAWARE RIVER BASIN

Delaware River tributaries Continued

TV/f*ar%ai> a «/nv ^ * ^*'a **^

Northeast Branch Perkiomen Creek...

fhactAT* fyAolr

White Clay Creek.... ..........................

West Branch Brandywine Creek (head

East Branch Brandywine Creek.........

Delaware Bay tributaries

Murderkill) River. ...............................

Broadkill Creek.... ..............................

Drainaj

N. Y.

e area, in square miles, for indicated States

N. J.

50.8

112 

59.6

106 

388

Pa.

218 

90.4 

71.0 

362 

54.7 

62.2 

55.2 

63.8

78.6 

66.2 

430 

95 

28.3

131 

297 

123

Del.

130 

67 

25.7

32

63.9

90.3 

96.0 

126 

76.5

Md.

8

 

 

 

Total

218 

90.4 

71.0 

362 

54.7 

62.2 

55.2 

63.8 

50.8 

78.6 

66.2 

568 

162 

54.0

131 

329 

123 

112 

59.6

63.9 

106 

388 

90.3 

96.0 

126 

76.5

Total gaged 

area above 

active gaging 

station

211

279

6.75

61.1 

477 

135 

47.0

45.8 

321

14.6

5.03 

135

Delaware River basin, including Delaware

Bay.......................................... 2, 362

SURFACE WATER 

Explanation of Data

The index lists the stations for which records of 

streamflow have been, or are to be, published for 

periods prior to September 30, 1951. The stations 

are listed in downstream order. Tributary streams 

are indicated by indention.

Station names are given in their most recently published forms. Parentheses around part of a station 

name indicate that the inclosed word or words were 

used in an earlier published name of the station or in 

a name under which records were published by some 

agency other than the Geolgical Survey.

The drainage areas, in square miles, are the latest 

figures published or otherwise available at this time. 

Drainage areas that have been found to be inconsistent 

with other drainage areas on the same stream have 

been omitted.

2,969 6,422 1,004 8 12,765 9,874

Under "period of record", breaks of less than a 12- 

month period are not shown. A dash not followed immediately by a closing date shows that the station was 

in operation on September 30, 1951. The years given 

are calendar years. Periods of records published by 

agencies other than the Geological Survey are listed 

in parentheses and are given only when they contain 

more detailed information or are for periods not reported in publications of the Geological Survey.

Records both of gage height and of discharge are 

listed for streamflow stations. Records of gage heights 

only and records consisting only of monthly figures of 

streamflow are designated by symbols and footnotes. 

For early years when daily discharges were not generally published by the Geological Survey, published 

daily gage heights and a published rating table were 

considered to be equivalent to daily discharges.

Index of surface-water records

Delaware River, East Branch (head of Delaware River), 

at Margaretville, N. Y...,.......».......................

Platte Kill a.t Dunraven, N. Y. ..................................

Mill Brook at Arena, N. Y..................... ..................

Tremper Kill near Shaver town, N. Y.........................

Terry Clove Kill near Pepacton, N. Y... ....................

Drainage 

area 

(square miles)

163

34.7

25.0

33.0

14.1

Period of record

1937-

1941-

1937-

1937-

1937-
SURFACE WATER

Index of surface-water records-Continued

Drainage

area 

(square miles)

Period of record

Delaware River tributaries-Continued

frail Clove Kill near Pepacton, N. Y.....................

Coles Clove Kill near Pepacton, N. Y......................

Delaware River, East Branch, at Downsville, N. Y......

Delaware River, East Branch, at Harvard, N. Y..........

Beaver Kill near Turnwood, N. Y...........................

Beaver Kill at Craigie Clair, N. Y..........................

Willowemoc Creek at Debruce, N. Y....................

Willowemoc Creek near Livingston Manor, N. Y....

Little Beaver Kill near Livingston Manor, N. Y.. 

Beaver Kill at Cooks Falls, N. Y............................

Delaware River, East Branch, at Fishs Eddy, N. Y......

Delaware River, East Branch, at Hancock, N. Y..........

West Branch Delaware River at Delhi, N. Y.............

Little Delaware River near Delhi, N. Y................

West Branch Delaware River at Walton, N. Y.... .......

Trout Creek at Cannonsville, N. Y.......................

Cold Spring Brook at China, N. Y........................

Oquaga Creek at Deposit, N. Y............................

West Branch Delaware River at Hale Eddy, N. Y.......

West Branch Delaware River at Hancock, N. Y.... .....

Callicoon Creek at Callicoon, N. Y.........................

Tenmile River at Tusten, N. Y...............................

Delaware River above Lackawaxen River, near

Barryville, N. Y.........................................

Lackawaxen River at Prompton, Pa.........................

Dyberry Creek at Dyberry, Pa...... ......................

Lackawaxen River near Honesdale, Pa.....................

Lackawaxen River at West Hawley, Pa.....................

Middle Creek near Hawley, Pa............................

Lackawaxen River at Hawley, Pa............!...............

Wallenpaupack Creek at Wilsonville, Pa................

Lackawaxen River at Rowlands, Pa.........................

Shohola Creek at Lords Valley, Pa.........................

Rattlesnake Brook at Spring Brook, Pa.................

Shohola Creek near Shohola, Pa..............................

Mongaup River near Rio, N. Y...............................

Mongaup River near Mongaup, N. Y........................

Delaware River at Port Jervis, N. Y..........................

Neversink River at Claryville, N. Y........................

Neversink River at Halls Mills, near Curry, N. Y.....

Neversink River at Neversink, N. Y........................

Neversink River at Woodbourne, N. Y.....................

Neversink River at Oakland Valley, N. Y... ..............

Neversink River at Godeffroy, N. Y........................

Neversink River at Port Jervis, N. Y......................

Delaware River at Montague, N. J. (Milford, Pa.).......

Delaware River at Dingmans Ferry, Pa......................

Bushkill Creek at and near Shoemakers, Pa. (Monroe 

County.......................................................

Flat Brook near Flatbrookville, N. J.......................

Brodhead Creek:

Analomink Creek at Henryville, Pa......................

Brodhead Creek at Analomink, Pa...........................

McMichaels Creek at and near Stroudsburg, Pa......

Pocono Creek near Stroudsburg, Pa................ ..

McMichaels Creek (Seventh Street Bridge) at

Stroudsburg, Pa..........................................

Brodhead Creek at Minisink Hills, Pa......................

Delaware River at Portland, Pa..................................

Paulins Kill at Blairstown, N. J.............................

Paulins Kill at Columbia, N. J...............................

10.9

28.0

373

443

40.8

82

40.9

63

19.8

241

783

838

142

49.8

331

49.5

1

66

593

648

111

45.0

51

2,023

59.

63.

164

206

78.

290

228

593

32.0

13.0

82.0

190

202

3,076

61.1

68

93

113

222

302

333

3,480

3,542

117

65.1

30.2

120

64.4

38.0

108

259

4, 165

126

179

1941-43.

1944-

1941-

1934-

1948-

1937-

1948-

1937-

1924-

1913-

1912-

1902-12.

1937-

1937-

1950-

1940-

1934-

1940-

1912-

1902-12.

1940-

1946-

1940- 

1944- 

1943- 

1948-

(1921-24*; 1924-31)a/; 1931-38. 

1944-

(1908-17; 1917-19*)a/; 1938- 

(1909-18)a/; 1918-21; 

(1921-26)a/; 1926- 

(1914-15*)a/.

(1920-24*; 1924-28)a/.

1909-13.

1939-

1904-

1949-

1937-49.

1941-

1937-

1928-

1903; 1909-10; 1911-14; 1937-

1902-3.

1936-40*; 1940-

1936-40*.

(1908-15; 1915-20*)a/; 1920-21;

(1921-31)a/; 1931- 

1923-

(1908-11; 1913-15)a/.

(1908-13*)a/.

(1911-15; 1915-20*)a/; 1920-21;

(1921-31)a/; 1931-38. 

(1611-15; 1915*-19*)a/.

(1908-10)a/.

1950-

1936-40*.

1921-

1908-9.
INDEX OF RECORDS IN DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 

Index of surface-water records-Continued

Drainage

area 

(square miles)

Period of record

Delaware River at Delaware, N. J........ ......................

Pequest River at Huntsville, N. J... .........................

Pequest River at Pequest, N. J...............................

Beaver Brook near Belvidere, N. J.......................

Delaware River at Belvidere, N. J..............................

Delaware River at Easton, Pa.......... ..........................

Lehigh River at Stoddartsville, Pa..... ......................

Lehigh River at Tannery, Pa...................................

Mud Run:

Dilldown Creek near Long Pond, Pa................ ...

Lehigh River at Lehighton, Pa.................................

Pohopoco Creek:

Wild Creek at Hatchery, Pa... ...........................

Pohopoco Creek near Parryville, Pa.. ...................

Aquashicola Creek at Palmerton, Pa... ..................

Lehigh River at Walnutport, Pa................ ...............

Little Lehigh Creek near Allentown, Pa.... .............

Little Lehigh Creek at Allentown, Pa.....................

Jordan Creek at Allentown, Pa........ ..................

Monocacy Creek at Bethlehem, Pa... .....................

Lehigh River at Bethlehem, Pa................ ...............

Saucon Creek at Lanark, Pa.................................

South Branch Saucon Creek at Friedensviiie, Pa... 

Saucon Creek at .Friedensviiie, Pa........................

Lehigh River at Easton, Pa.....................................

Delaware River at Riegelsville, N. J...........................

Lake Hopatcong at Landing, N. J.............................

Musconetcong River at outlet of Lake Hopatcong, N. J.

Musconetcong River near Hackettstown, N. J.............

Musconetcong River at Asbury, N. J............. ...........

Musconetcong River near Bloomsbury, N. J..............

Delaware River at Milford, N. J.................................

Delaware River at Frenchtown, N. J...........................

Delaware River at Point Pleasant, Pa..........................

Tohickon Creek near Pipersville, Pa........................

Tohickon Creek at Point Pleasant, Pa.......................

Delaware River at Lumberville, Pa.............................

Delaware and Raritan Canal at Kingston, N, J............

Delaware River at Stockton, N. J................................

Delaware River at Lambertviile, N. J...... ...................

Delaware River at Washington Crossing, N. J...............

Delaware River at Yardiey, Pa...................................

Delaware River at Trenton, N. J................................

Assunpink Creek at Trenton, N. J............................

Crosswicks Creek at Extonville, N. J.......................

Neshaminy Creek at Rushland (below Forks), Pa........

Neshaminy Creek near Langhorne, Pa......................

Rancocas Creek:

North Branch Rancocas Creek at Pemberton, N. J...

Schuylkill River at Pottsville, Pa.............................

Schuylkill River at Schuylkill Haven, Pa....................

Schuylkill River at Landingville, Pa........................

Schuylkill River at Auburn, Pa................................

Little Schuylkill River at Tamaqua, Pa..................

Little Schuylkill River at Drehersville, Pa............

Little Schuylkill River at Molino, Pa.....................

Schuylkiii River at Berne, Pa.................................

Tulpehocken Creek near Reading, Pa....................

Schuylkiii River at Reading, Pa...............................

4,351

31.4

108

36.2

4,535

4,717

91.7

322

591

16.8 

109

76.7 

889

80.8 

106

75.8k/

44.5 

1,279

12.0

10.6

26.6

1,364

6,328

25.6

25.6

70.0

143

6,381

6,420

6,473

97.4

107

6,598

6,656

6,680

6,735 ,

6,772

6,780

89.4

83.6

134

210

111

53.4

127

133

157

42.9

122

130

355

211

880

1936-40*. 

1939-

1921-

1922-

1922-

1936-40*.

1943-

(1914-19*)a/; 1919-21;

(1921-26; 1926-27*; 1927-28)

a/; ; 1928-

1948- 

1945-48.

1941- 

1940- 

1939- 

1946- 

1945-

(I921-32*)a/. 

1944- 

1948-

1902-5; 1909-13; (1913-18)a/; 

1918-21;(1921-28)a/; 1928- 

1948- 

1948 

1948- 

1909. 

1906-

(1887-1940*)c/. 

1928- 

1921- 

1903.

1903-7; 1921- 

1936-40*. 

1936-40*. 

1936-40*. 

1935-

1883-09; (1900)a/; 1901-13. 

1936-40. 

1947- 

1936-40.

1867-1902; 1903-8*; 1936-40*. 

1936-40*. 

1936-40*. 

1913- 

1923- 

1940-

1884-1912; 1931-34. 

1934-

1921-

1943-

(1914-16; 1916-19*)a/.

1947-

1947-51.

(I916-19*)a/; 1919-21;

(1921-31)a/; 1931- 

1947-51. 

(1914-19*)a/. 

1947- 

1950- 

(1914-1,5; 1915-19*)a/; 1919-21;

(1821~30)a/.
SURFACE WATER

Index of surface-water records-Continued

Drainage

area 

(square miles)

Period of record

Schuylkill River at P'ottstown, Pa... .......................

Perkiomen Creek near Frederick, Pa.................

Perkiomen Creek at Graters Ford, Pa................

Schuylkill River at Norristown, Pa............... .........

Schuylkill River at Conshohocken, Pa.....................

Wissahickon Creek near Philadelphia, Pa.... ........

Schuylkill River near and at Philadelphia, Pa.... ......

Mantua Creek at Pitman, N. J..............................

Darby Creek at Lansdowne, Pa.............................

Crum Creek at Woodlyn, Pa.................................

Ridley Creek at Moylan, Pa.................................

Chester Creek near Chester, Pa...........................

Oldmans Creek near Woodstown, N. J....................

Christina River at Coochs Bridge, Del...................

White Clay Creek near Newark, Del....................

Mill Creek at Stanton, Del..............................

Red Clay Creek at Wooddale, Del... .................

West Branch Brandywine Creek at Coatesville« Pa.

Brandywine Creek at Chadds Ford, Pa................

Brandywine Creek at Wilmington, Del..................

Shellpot Creek at Wilmington. Del...................

Salem Creek at Woodstown, N. J...........................

Delaware Bay tributaries 

Cohansey River:

West Branch Cohansey River at Seely, N. J.........

Loper Run near Bridgeton, N. J.........................

Leipsic River near Cheswald, Del.........................

Maurice River at Norma, N. J..............................

Manantico Creek near Millville, N. J..................

Murderkill River near Felton, Del.........................

1, 147

162

279

1,760

1,800 

65.0-

1,893

6.75 

35.0 

33.3 

31.9 

61.1 

19.3 

20.5 

87.8 

12.3 

47.0 

45.8 

287

314

7.5

14.6

69

34

9.2

113

22.3

14.2

(1927-31)a/; 1931-

1884-1912.

(1914-16; 1916-26*; 1926-31)a/;

1931-

(1927-31)a/; 1931-33. 

(1914-16*; 1921-22*)a/

1897-1902; 1905-06.

1898-1912; 1931- 

1940-

1931-37.

1931-

1931-

1931-40.

1943-

1931-36; 1943-

1931-33.

1943-

1943-

(1911-18*)a/; 1918-21;

(1921-31)a/; 1931- 

1946- 

1945- 

1941-

1951- 

1937-

1931-33; 1943-

1932- 

1931- 

1931-33.

* Gage heights, or gage heights and discharge measurements only.

a/ In reports of Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.

b/ Revised.

c/ In Special Report 9 of New Jersey State Water Policy Commission (Hartwell, 1944).

Selected Publications on Surface Water

Note: See also "Selected Publications on Quality of 

Surface Water, " page 10.

Ayer, G. R., 1949, A progress report on an investigation of the influence of reforestation of streamflow in state forests in central New York: U. S. 

Geol. Survey and New York State Dept. Cons., 

185 pp. (Edition limited to 100 copies.)

Board of Consulting Engineers, 1946, Development of 

an upland source of water supply and suitability of 

existing sources of supply with augmented facilities: 

Board of Consulting Engineers report to the Philadelphia Water Commission, 98 pp. plus appendices.

Cross, W. P., 1935, A program for the investigation 

of the influence of forests on streamflow in the State 

of New York: Ohio State University, thesis for degree of civil engineer, 128 pp. {Manuscript report 

in files of U. S. Geol. Survey, Albany, N. Y.)

Freeman, G. D., 1940, Progress report on the investigation of the influence of reforestation on streamflow in the State of New York: U. S. Geol. Survey 

manuscript report, 85 pp. (In files of U. S. Geol. 

Survey, Albany, N. Y:)

Graham, J. B., Mangan, J. W., and White. W. F., 

Jr., 1951, Water resources of southeastern Bucks 

County, Pa.: U. S. Geol. Survey Circ. 104. 21 pp.

Grover, N. C., 1937, Floods of March 1936, Part 2, 

Hudson River to Susquehanna River region: U. S. 

Geol. Survey Water-Supply Paper 799, 380 pp.

Harrington, A. W., 1947, Flood of August 16-17, 1947, 

in the Caliicoon Creek basin in New York, U. S. Geol. 

Survey manuscript report, 10 pp. {In files of U. S. 

Geoi. Survey, Albany, N. Y.

Hartwell, O. W., 1929, Surface water supply of New 

Jersey, to Sept. 30, 1928: New Jersey Dept. Cons, 

and Devel. Bull. 33, 301 pp.
INDEX OF RECORDS IN DELAWARE RIVER BASIN

Hartwell, O. W., 1936, Surface water supply of New 

Jersey, Oct. 1, 1928 to Sept. 30, 1934: New Jersey 

Water Policy Comm. Special Rept. 5, 253 pp.

 1944, Surface water supply of New Jersey, 

Oct. 1, 1934 to Sept. 30, 1940: New Jersey Water 

Policy Comm. Special Rept. 9, 444 pp.

Heacox, C. E., 1949, Information on New York City 

water supply: New York State Dept. Cons., 18 pp.

Horton, R. E., and VanVliet, Richard, 1940, The 

Delaware River basin-Flood volumes: Interstate 

Commission on the Delaware River Basin, 38 pp.

Interstate Commission on the Delaware River Basin, 

1940, The Delaware River basin, physical facts, 

36 pp.

Malcolm Pirnie Engineers, and Albright and Friel, 

Inc., 1950, Report on the utilization of the waters 

of the Delaware River basin: Consulting engineers 

report to the Interstate Commission on the Delaware 

River Basin, 154 pp.

Mangan, J. W., 1936, The floods of March 1936 in 

Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania .Dept. Forests and 

Waters, 129 pp.

 1937, The drought of 1930 in Pennsylvania: 

Pennsylvania Dept. Forests and Waters, 22 pp.

 1940, Natural water losses from Pennsylvania 

drainage basins: Pennsylvania Dept. Forests and 

Waters, 73 pp.

 1942, Elevations of major floods along Pennsylvania rivers: Pennsylvania Dept. Forests and 

Waters, 28 pp.

1942a, The floods of May 1942 in the Delaware

and Lackawanna River basins: Pennsylvania Dept. 

Forests and Waters, 29 pp.

 1946, Temperatures of natural waters in 

Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Dept. Forests and 

Waters, 222 pp.

 1950, Flood discharge records relating to 

Pennsylvania streams: Pennsylvania Dept. of 

Forests and Waters, 59 pp.

Mangan, J. W., and Bernard, Merrill, 1939, Report 

of cooperative hydrologic investigations: Pennsylvania Dept. of Forests and Waters, U. S. Weather 

Bureau, and U. S. Geol. Survey, 168 pp.

Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters, 

1922-41, Streamflow records of Pennsylvania; 

issued at intervals of 1 to 4 years for water years 

1921-22 to 1940-41.

 1938, Flood discharge records relating to

Pennsylvania streams, 37 pp.

Pennsylvania State Planning Board, 1934, Preliminary 

report of Pennsylvania State Planning Board, 682 pp.

 1937, Drainage basin study of Pennsylvania, 

part 1, 142 pp.

 1947, Industrial utility of water in Pennsylvania, 

chemical character of surface water, 1944 to 1946: 

Pennsylvania State Planning Board Pub. 17, 172 pp.

Pennsylvania Water Supply Commission, 1912-22, 

Report of the Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania, issued at intervals of 1 to 2 years and containing streamflow records for calendar years 1908 

to 1913 and for water years 1913-14 to 1920-21.

1917, Water resources inventory report, part

3, Gazetteer of streams, 657 pp.

Regional Planning Federation of the Philadelphia TriState District, 1932, Regional plan of the Philadelphia tri-state district, 589 pp.

Storey, H. C., 1951, Forest and water research 

project, Delaware-Lehigh Experimental Forest: 

Pennsylvania Dept. Forests and Waters', U. S. 

Forest Service and U. S. Geological Survey, 44 pp.

Uhl, W. F., 1929, The development of the Mongaup 

River: Jour. Boston Soc. Civil Eng., 62pp., May. 

(Also published separately by Rockland Light and 

Power Co.)

U. S. Army Department, 1930, Report from the Chief 

of Engineers, U. S. Army on Mongaup River, N. Y.: 

71st Cong., Sdsess., H. Doc. 660., 19pp.

1931, Report from the Chief of Engineers, U. S.

Army, on the Neversink River, N. Y., covering 

navigation, flood control, power development, and 

irrigation: 72d Cong., Istsess., H. Doc. 147, 

25 pp.

 1934, Report from Acting Chief of Engineers, 

U. S. Army, on the Delaware River for the purposes of navigation and efficient development of its 

water power, the control of floods, and the needs 

of irrigation: 73d Cong., 2dsess., H. Doc. 179, 

174 pp. (This report is also referred to as the 

Corps of Engineers' "308" report on the Delaware, 

one of a series of river-basin reports authorized 

by enactment of the provisions of House Document 

308, 69th Congress, 1st session.)

U. S. Geological Survey, issued annually, Surface 

water supply of the United States, Part 1, North 

Atlantic Slope basins.

The following table gives the number of the watersupply paper containing records for the year shown. 

Prior to 1914 the records were published on a calendaryear basis. Since 1914 the records cover the year ending September 30.
SURFACE WATER

Table 1. -Annual Water-Supply Papers containing streamflow records

Year

1899

1900

1901

1902

1903

1904

1905

1906

1907-08

1909

1910

1911

1912

W. S. P. 

No.

35

47,48

65,75

82

97

125

166

202

241

261

281

301

321

Year

1913

1914

1915

1916

1917

1918

1919-20

1921

1922

1923

1924

1925

1926

W. S. P. 

No.

351

381

401

431

451

471

501

521

541

561

581

601

621

Year

1927

1928

1929

1930

1931

1932

1933

1934

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

W. S. P.

No.

641

661

681

696

711

726

741

756

781

801

821

851

871

Year

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

*1949

**1950

**1951

W. S. P. 

No.

891

921

951

971

1001

1031

1051

1081

1111

1141

1171

1202

* In press.

** In preparation.

White, W. F., Jr., 1951, Industrial utility of water, 

chemical character of surface water in Pennsylvania, 1946 to 1949: Pennsylvania State Planning 

Board Pub. 23, 169 pp.

White, W. F., Jr., and Lindholm, C. F., 1950, 

Water resources investigations relating to the 

Schuylkill River restoration project, Oct. 1947 

to Dec. 1949: Pennsylvania Dept. Forests and 

Waters, 125 pp.

Index of Chemical and Sediment Sampling Station and Water. Temperature Records

Specific conductance is measured daily at each daily sampling station established since 1943. At these stations 

a complete or partial analysis is made of a 10-day composite sample or of one weekly or biweekly sample, as indicated by footnotes. Monthly samples of Delaware River water downstream from Trenton are collected at or near 

the beginning of each month. No monthly samples were collected in February 1951.

A complete chemical analysis as made by the Geological Survey usually includes tests as given below for most of 

the constituents and properties normally found in ground and surface waters in significant amounts. Partial analyses 

include only a few tests for these constituents and properties.

Silica

Iron as Fe

Manganese

Calcium

Magnesium

Sodium

Potassium

Carbonate

Bicarbonate

Sulfate

Chloride

Fluoride

Nitrate

Dissolved solids

Hardness as calcium carbonate

Color

Hydrogen ion concentration (pH)

Specific conductance

Temperature, measured at site

Samples of suspended sediment are collected with a type U. S. D-43 sampler. Additional samples of suspended 

sediment are obtained during flood periods.

Observations of water temperature were made at most daily sampling stations.

The sampling stations are listed in downstream order. Tributary streams are indicated by indention.

Delaware River at Dingman's Ferry, Pa............... ..

Delaware River at Belvidere, N. J.........................

Delaware River at Easton, Pa............................. ..

Lehigh River at Walnutport, Pa......................... .

Lehigh River at Catasauqua, Pa..........................

Lehigh River at South Bethlehem, Pa............. .....

Delaware River at Lambertville, N. J. ................. ..

Delaware River at Trenton, N. J................... ........

Delaware River at Burlington, N. J. 

(Bristol-Burlington Bridge).......................

Delaware River at Vine St. , Philadelphia, Pa. 

(Philadelphia-Camden Bridge)................ ...

Frequency

of sampling

Fia i 1 v a /

.....do........

.....do........

.....do... .....

Monthly b/

......do b/ ....

Period

Chemical quality

Oct. 1948-

Oct. 1950-

Oct. 1944 to

Sept. 1947 

Oct. 1947-

Oct. 1944-

Sept. 1906 to

Sept. 1907 

Sept. 1906 to

Sept. 1907 

Oct. 1944-

Dec. 1949-

r\or» i QAQ

F\or» 1 Q4.Q_

Dec. 1949-

of record

Suspended sediment

Tiilv 1 QA.O

Aug. 1949-
10 INDEX OF RECORDS IN DELAWARE RIVER BASIN

Index of Chemical and Sediment Sampling Station and Water Temperature Records-Continued

Delaware River at Wharton St. , Philadelphia, Pa..... 

Delaware River at League Island, Philadelphia, Pa... 

Schuylkill River at Port Carbon. Pa................... .

Schuylkill River at Landingville, Pa....................

Schuylkill River at Auburn, Pa...........................

Little Schuylkill River at South Tamaqua, Pa..... 

Little Schuylkill River at Drehersville, Pa........

Schuylkill River at Pottstown, Pa....... ...............

Schuylkill River at Manayunk, Philadelphia, Pa. . . 

Schuylkill River at Belmont Filter Plant, 

Philadelphia, Pa....................................

Christina River:

Frequency 

of sampling

.....do c/ .... 

.....do c/ .... 

Daily d/

.....do e/....

.....do e/....

.....do d/....

..... do a/ ....

.....do........

.....do. .......

Monthly c/ 

.....do b/ ....

Daily

Period of record

Chemical quaFfty

Dec. 1949- 

Dec. 1949- 

Feb. 1949 to 

June 1951 

Sept. 1947- 

Sept. 1947 to 

June 1951 

Apr. 1950- 

Sept. 1947 to 

June 1951 

Feb. 1948- 

Oct. 1944-

Oct. 1945- 

Dec. 1949- 

Dec. 1949-

Suspended

Feb.

Sept. 

Sept.

Apr. 

Sept.

Sept. 

Mar. 

Apr. 

Nov.

Dec.

sediment

1949-

1947- 

1947-

1950- 

1947-

1947- 

1948- 

1948- 

1947-

1946-

a/ Complete analysis for each 10-day composite first year or two; 5 completes, 31 partials each succeeding 

year; daily temperature.

h/ Samples from 5 bottom and 5 top^ points spaced evenly across river; complete analyses made .of 3 to 5 of 

bottom samples, partial analyses of remaining samples.

c/ Samples from 3 bottom and 5 top points in river; partial analyses made of all samples.

d/ Complete analysis for one sample every 2 weeks.

e/ Complete analysis for one sample each week.

Selected Publications on Quality of Surface Water

Note: For references to Delaware basin publications 

on streamflow, floods, drought, and water resources 

as a whole, see"Selected Publications on Surface Water, page 7.

Clarke, F. W., 1924, The composition of the river 

and lake waters of the United States: U. S. Geol. 

Survey Prof. Paper 135, 199 pp. (Contains analyses 

of several surface-water sources in the Delaware 

River basin.)

Collins, W. D., and Howard, C. S., 1928, Quality of 

the surface waters of New Jersey: U. S. Geol. Survey Water-Supply Paper 596-E, pp. 89-119. (Contains analyses of one to four samples each from 3 

locations on Delaware River and 12 tributaries in 

New Jersey.)

Collins, W. D., Lamar, W. Lx , and Lohr, E. W.. 

1934, The industrial utility of public water supplies 

in the United States, 1932: U. S. Geol. Survey 

Water-Supply Paper 658, 135 pp. (Contains analyses of most of the larger public water supplies in 

the Delaware River basin, many of which are from 

surface-water sources.)

Dole, R. B., 1909, The quality of surface waters in 

the United States, Part 1, Analyses of waters east 

of the one hundredth meridian: U. S. Geol. Survey 

Water-Supply Paper 236, 123 pp. (Contains analyses of composites of daily samples collected in 

1906-07 from Delaware River at Lambertville, N. J., 

and from Lehigh River at South Bethlehem, Pa.)

Graham, J. B., Mangan, J. W., and White, W. F., 

Jr., 1951, Water resources of southeastern Bucks 

County, Pa.: U. S. Geol. Survey Circ. 104, 21pp. 

(Contains analyses of surface waters in southeastern 

Bucks County, Pa.)

Malcolm Pirnie Engineers, and Albright and Friel, 

Inc., 1950, Report on the utilization of the waters 

of the Delaware River basin: Consulting Engineers' 

report to the Interstate Commission on the Delaware 

River Basin, 154 pp. (Contains analyses of surface 

waters at 25 sites throughout the Delaware basin in 

July 28, Aug. 16, and Sept. 20, 1949, as well as 

other quaiity-of-water data, relating chiefly to 

selected constituents, especially chloride, in the 

lower,Delaware basin.)

Mangan, J. W., 1946, Temperatures of natural waters 

in Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Dept. Forests and 

Waters, 222 pp. (Contains daily temperature measurements at 24 other stations, Delaware basin, 

Oct. 1, 1944 to Sept. 30, 1945.)

Mason, W. D., and Pietsch, W. H., 1940, Salinity 

movement and its causes in the Delaware River 

estuary: Am Geophys. Union Trans., vol. 21, part 

2, pp. 457-463. (Contains 2 graphs relating to observed and computed salinity in Delaware River 

downstream from Philadelphia, based on studies by 

the Delaware River Conservation Association and its 

Engineering Board.)

Pennsylvania Department of Health, 1935, Final report on the salinity survey of the Delaware River: 

Pennsylvania Dept. Health, Bur. Eng., report to the
GROUND WATER 11

Sanitary Water Board, 75 pp. plus supplements and 

appendices. (Contains 17 analyses of surface waters 

of lower Delaware River and Delaware Bay, 1931- 

32, and a copy of the analyses, Delaware River at 

Lambertville, 1906-7, given in U. S. Geol. Survey 

Prof. Paper 135 (Clarke, 1924), as well as more 

than 60 maps, graphs, and tables concerning lower 

Delaware River salinity in relation to streamflow 

and tides, 1907-34.)

Pennsylvania State Planning Board, 1947, Industrial 

utility of water in Pennsylvania, chemical character 

of surface water, 1944 to 1946: Pennsylvania State 

Planning Board Publication 17, 172pp. {Contains 

analyses of many surface waters in Lehigh and 

Schuylkill River basins, and in other parts of the 

Delaware River basin in Pennsylvania.)

Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 1950, Water-a study of 

its hardness in the Philadelphia retail trading area: 

The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Market 

Facts (report) 5, 16 pp. (Contains analyses, principally of hardness, of surface waters used for pub- " 

lie supplies of Philadelphia metropolitan area, consisting of the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, and 

Brandywine, Crum, Neshaminy, and Pickering 

Creeks.)

Pietsch, W. H., 1934, The cause and extent of

brackish water incursions into the fresh water section of the Delaware estuary: Delaware River Cons. 

Assoc., 8 pp. (Contains 9 graphs relating to observed and computed salinity in Delaware River 

downstream from Philadelphia, especially during 

low-flow periods of 1930 and 1931.)

Storey, H. C., 1951, Forest and water research 

project, Delaware-Lehigh Experimental Forest: 

Pennsylvania Dept. Forests and Waters, U. S. 

Forest Service and U. S. Geol. Survey, 44 pp. 

(Contains 7 analyses of surface water of Dilldown 

Creek, 1950, as well as periodic temperature 

measurements 1949-50.)

U. S. Corps of Engineers, 1952, Delaware River model 

study, report 3-Effects of proposed channel enlargement between Philadelphia and Trenton: U. S. Waterways Exper. Sta. Tech. Mem. 2-337, 14pp. (Contains graphical data on existing salinity in lower 

Delaware River during low flow in 1930 and 1932, 

and possible future salinity during low flow in the 

deepened channel as based upon model studies at 

Vicksburg, Miss.)

U. S. Geological Survey, 1949, Quality of surface 

waters of the United States, 1945: U. S. Geol. 

Survey Water-Supply Paper 1030, 335 pp. (Contains analyses of surface waters in Delaware River 

basin made in 1945 water year.)

 1950, Quality of surface waters of the United 

States, 1946: U. S. Geol. Survey Water-Supply 

Paper 1050, 486 pp. (Contains analyses of surface 

waters in Delaware River basin made in 1946 water 

year.)

White, W. F., Jr., 1951, Industrial utility of water, 

chemical character of surface water in Pennsylvania, 

1946 to 1949: Pennsylvania State Planning Board 

Pub. 23, 169 pp. (Contains analyses of many surface waters in Lehigh and Schuylkill River basins, 

and in other parts of the Delaware River basin in 

Pennsylvania.)

White, W. F., Jr., and Lindholm, C. F., 1950, 

Water resources investigations relating to the 

Schuylkill River restoration project, Oct. 1947 to 

Dec. 1949: Pennsylvania Dept. Forests and Waters, 

125 pp. (Contains analyses of many sources of surface water in the Schuylkill River basin.)

GROUND WATER 

Explanation of Data

The index lists each well in which measurements of 

water level have been, or are being, made on a continuous basis, or on a periodic basis such as weekly, 

monthly, or quarterly. These measurements are 

largely of static water levels. Some observation wells 

are far removed from any wells being pumped, while 

others are at, or near, the center of areas of large 

ground-water pumpage. A detailed description of each 

well is given with the published record of the first 

year of water-level measurements made at the well.

Most continuous or periodic measurements of water 

level appear in published form in the annual series of 

U. S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Papers entitled 

Water levels and artesian pressure in observation 

wells in the United States, part 1, northeastern states. 

These Water-Supply Papers are listed by year and 

number on page 18. Those measurements not published are available for public inspection at the field 

office of the Ground Water Branch in the state in which 

the well is located.

Index of water-level records for observation wells

State, county, and 

municipality

DELAWARE 

Kent

Camden

Dover

Frederica

Harrington 

Kenton 

New Castle

Newark 

Do.

New Castle

Sub-basin

St. Jones River

do

Murderkill River

do 

Leipsic River (Little Duck Creek)

Christina River (White Clay Creek) 

do

Broad Dyke Creek

Well name 

or number a/

Jdll

Id4

Ke4

Ld8 

Ic4

Ca3 

Cbl23

Cd2

Period of 

record

1950-

1950-

1950-

1950- 

1950-

1950- ' 

1951-

1950-
12 INDEX OF RECORDS IN DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 

Index of water-level records for observation wells-Continued

State, county, and j 

municipality !

DELAWARE-Continued

St. Georges

Smyrna

Wilmington

Sussex

Ft. Miles

Do.

Lewes

Milford

NEW JERSEY

Burlington

Beverly

Camderi

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Merchantville (E of)

Pettys Island

Cumberland

Bridgeton (N of)

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Gloucester

Gibbstown

Do.

Paulsboro

Do.

Westville (W of)

Do.

Do.

Do.

Mercer

Hamilton Square

(NE of)

Hamilton Square

(Nof)

Hamilton Square

(NE of)

Lawrenceville (NE of

Lawrenceville (E of)

Salem

Deepwater

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

.Pedricktown (W of)

Pedricktown (SW of)

Penns Grove (S of)

Sub-basin

Scott Run

Smyrna River

Christina River (Brandywine Creek)

Delaware Bay

do

do

Mispillion River

Delaware, lower

Cooper Creek

Delaware, lower

Cooper Creek

Pensauken Creek

Delaware, lower

do

do

do.

Puchack Creek

Delaware, lowefr

Cohansey River

do

do

do

do

Delaware, lower

do

do

do

do

do

do

do

Assunpink Creek

do

do

do

do

Delaware, lower

do

do

Salem Creek

do

do

do

do.

do

Delaware, lower

Salem Creek

Delaware, lower

Salem Creek

Delaware, lower

Oldmans Creek

Delaware, lower

Well name 

or number a/

EC 7

Gc5

BdlO

Nil

Ni2

Ni3

Mf3

Beaunitt Mills

Camden test

Esterbrook Pen

Hollingshead

Morris test-3

NJ Water- 10

NJ Water-27th St.

NY Ship-5A

RCA

Amon Heights

Cities Service

Miller-Ware

Seabrook-dehydration

Seab rook-spinach

Seabrook-spreading- 1

Seabrook-spreading-2

Repauno-1

Repauno-2

Socony-32

Socony-39

Texas -1

Texas-2

Texas -3

Texas -4

Drew

Everett

Hofling

Anderson

Gibeau

Obs-31

Obs-51

Obs-52

Obs-54

Obs-55

Obs-62

Obs-63

Obs-64

Obs-65

Obs-71

Obs-72

Obs-E16

Obs-il8

Obs-7

Obs-R2

Clemente-deep

Period of 

record

1950-

1950-

1950-

1944-

1944-

1949-

1950-

1950-

1950-

1950-

1950-

1924-

1932-

1932-

1950-

1950-

1932-

1949-

1951-

1950-

1950-

1950-

1950-

1947-

1949-

1950-

1950-

1949-

1949-

1949-

1949-

1945-46

1944-

1945-

1944-

1945-

1940-

1940-

1940-51

1940-

1940-

1940-

1941-

1941-

1940-

1940-

1940-

1940-

1940-

1940-

1940-

1941-
GROUND WATER 13

Index of water-level records for observation wells-Continued

State, county, and 

municipality

NEW JERSEY-Continued

Salem

Penns Grove (S of)

Peons Grove

Do.

Do.

Penns Grove (E of)

Penns Grove

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Penns Grove (S of)

Penns Grove

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Pennsville

Do.

Do.

Do.

Pennsville (S of)

Pennsville (SE of)

Sharptown (NE of)

Shirley (N of)

NEW YORK

Delaware

China

PENNSYLVANIA

Berks

Bally

Do.

Berne (NE of)

Elverson (NE of)

Do.

Bucks

Morrisville (SE of)

Morrisville (S of)

Point Pleasant

(NWof)

Chester

Avondale

Brandy wine Manor

(SE of)

Chadds Ford (NW of)

Coatesville (S of)

Coatesville (W of)

Cochranville (NE of)

Doe Run

Doe Run (S of)

Downingtown

Embreeville (N of)

Glenmoore (E of)

Hamorton (NW of)

Honeybrook (NE of)

Ludwigs Corner

West Chester (W of)

Delaware

Elam (SW of)

Sub-basin

Salem Creek

Oldmans Creek

Delaware, lower

Oldmans Creek

do

Delaware, lower

do

Salem Creek

Delaware, lower

Salem Creek

Delaware, lower

do

do

Salem Creek

do

Delaware, lower

do

do

Salem Creek

do

do

do

do

do

Delaware, lower

Salem Creek

Oldmans Creek

Maurice River

West Branch Delaware River

Schuylkill River (Perkiomen Creek)

do

Schuylkill River

Schuylkill River (French Creek)

do

Delaware, lower

do

Tohickon Creek

Christina River (White Clay Creek)

Christina River (Brandywine Creek)

do

do

do

do

do

Christina River (White Clay Creek)

Christina River (Brandywine Creek)

do

do

do

do

Schuylkill River (French Creek)

Christina River (Brandywine Creek)

do '

Well name 

or number a/

Layton-6

Obs-6

Obs-9

Obs-10

Obs-11

Obs-12

Obs-13

Obs-14

Obs-15

Obs-21

Obs-22

Obs-24

Obs-32

Obs-35

Obs-36

Obs-41

Obs-E14

Obs-E15

Test-R5

Test-R7

Obs-73

Obs-74

Obs-81

Obs-84

Obs-91

Obs-92

Seabrook-5

Thornthwaite

D-157

Be-l(114)

Be -5(1 3 3)

Be-2(128)

Be-3(F4a)

Be-4(F4b)

Bk-2

Bk-3

Bk-l(F3)

Ch-l(113)

Ch-3

Ch-9

Ch-4

Ch-15

Ch-13

Ch-10

Ch-8

Ch-11

Ch-5

Ch-14

Ch-7

Ch-12

Ch-2

Ch-6

De-3

Period of 

record

1949-

1940-

1940-

1940-

1940-

1940-

1940-

1940-

1941-

1940-45

1939-

1941-

1940-

1940-

1940-

1941-

1940-

1940-

1940-

1940-

1940-

1940-

1940-45

1940-

1940-51

1940-

1950-

1949-

1934-

1936-48

1949-

1948-

1948-

1948-

1948, 1950-

1950-

1948-49

1936-37

1951-

1951-

1951-

1951-

1951-

1951-

1951-

1951-

1951-

1951-

1951-

1951-

1951-

1951-

1951-
14 INDEX OF RECORDS IN DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 

Index of water-level records for observation wells-Continued

State, county, and 

municipality Sub-basin

PENNSYLVANIA-Continued

Lac ka wanna

Thornhurst (NW of)

Monroe

Long Pond (W of)

Do.

Do.

Montgomery

Graterford (N of)

Potts town

Trappe

Northampton

Hellertown (E of)

Philadelphia

Philadelphia

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Do.

Pike

Bushkill (NW of)

Dingmans Ferry

(W of)

Lords Valley

(NW of)

Schuylkill

Auburn

Drehersville

Landingville

Tamaqua (SE of)

Wayne

Hawley

Lehigh River

Lehigh River (Dilldown Creek)

do

do

Schuylkill River (Perkiomen Creek)

Schuylkill River

Schuylkill River (Perkiomen Creek)

Lehigh River

Schuylkill River

Delaware, lower

do

Schuylkill River

do

Delaware, lower

do

do

do

do

do

do

do

do

do

do

do

do

do

Schuylkill

Bushkill Creek

Bushkill Creek (Little Bushkill Creek)

Lac ka waxen River

Schuylkill River

Schuylkill River (Little Schuylkill River)

Schuylkill River

Schuylkill River (Little Schuylkill River)

Lac ka waxen River

Well name 

or number a/

Lk-3(F8)

Mo-1

Mo-2

Mo-3

Mg-3(131)

Mg-2(126)

Mg-4

Np-1

P-l

P-3

P-4

P-5

P-6

P-7

P-8

P-9

P-10

P-N5

P-NO1

P-NO2

P-NO3

P-NO4

P-NO5

P-NO6

P-NO8

P-NO9

P-NO10

F-NOM1

Pi-l(F5)

Pi-2(F6)

Pi-3(F7)

Sc-5(132)

Sc-2(127)

Sc-4(130)

Sc-3(l29)

Wn-l(83)

Period of 

record

1948-49

1948-

1948-

1948-

1948-

1948-51

1949-

1951-

1943-48

1943-

1943-

1944-

1944-

1944-45

1944-

1947-

1950-

1944-

1945-

1944-

1945-

1945-

1945-

1945-

1946-

1946-

1946-

1944-46

1948-

1948-

1948-

1948-

1948-51

1948-

1948-

1931-42, 1944

a/ Pennsylvania wellnumbersin parentheses appear in reports of water levels measured prior to 1951.

Index of Chemical Sampling of Ground Water 

Location of wells sampled periodically

The following wells have been, or are being, sampled periodically during the course of special studies of chemical 

quality of ground water in the vicinity of the U. S. Naval Base, Philadelphia, and of ground water in relation to bottom waters of the Delaware River in the Philadelphia-Camden area. The first sample collected at each site is usually analyzed for the constituents and properties given below. Thereafter, most analyses are limited and include tests 

for only a few of the constituents and properties.

Silica

Iron as Fe

Manganese

Calcium

Magnesium

Sodium

Potassium

Carbonate

Bicarbonate

Sulfate

Chloride

Fluoride

Nitrate

Dissolved solids

Hardness as calcium carbonate

Color

Hydrogen ion concentration (pH)

Specific conductance

Temperature, measured at site
GROUND WATER 15

PENNSYLVANIA 

Philadelphia County

(The land surface at the following sites drains to the Delaware River between Frankford Creek and the Schuylkill River.)

Location of site

Abbotts Daries, Inc. 

2d and Lombard Sts. , Phila.

General Cold Storage Co. 

Oregon Ave. and Weccacoe St. , Phila.

Lummis & Co. 

Delaware Ave. near Race St. , Phila.

Publicker Industries, Inc. 

Delaware Ave. and Bigler St. , Phila.

U. S. Naval Base 

S. Broad St. , on League Island, Phila.

Well 

sampled

Abbott-2 or 

Abbott- 3.

GCS-1, GCS-2, 

or GCS-3.

Lurnmis-4

Publicker -7 

Publicker- 12

P-N1 

P-N2 

P-N3 

P-N4 

P-N6 

P-N7 

P-N8

Frequency 

of sampling

Monthly or 

bimonthly.

Monthly or 

bimonthly.

Monthly or 

bimonthly.

Monthly or 

bimonthly. 

Monthly

Biweekly. 

Biweekly. 

Biweekly. 

Biweekly. 

Biweekly. 

Biweekly. 

Biweekly.

Period of 

record

Dec. 1949-

Dec. 1949-

Dec. 1949-

Dec. 1949- 

Dec. 1949-

Nov. 1945-Mar. 1947 

Nov. 1945-Mar. 1947 

Nov. 1945-Mar. 1947 

Nov. 1945-Mar. 1947 

May 1946 -Mar. 1947 

Nov. 1945-Mar. 1947 

Nov. 1945-Mar. 1947

Location of miscellaneous analyses of ground water

The following table indicates the general scope of 

work done by, or for, the Geological Survey with respect to chemical quality of ground water in the Delaware basin, other than periodic analyses made in connection with special studies (see preceding page). The 

analyses are tabulated by counties in conformity with 

the established practice of compiling and publishing 

most ground-water data on a county basis. However, 

wells and springs located in only that part of a county

within the basin are included in the list below. In addition to the Survey analyses tabulated here, the Geological Survey also compiles as part of county wellinventory reports a number of analyses made by other 

laboratories.

The complete analyses include tests for most of the 

constituents and properties normally found in ground 

and .surface waters. Partial analyses include tests for 

only a few of these constituents and properties.

State and county

DELAWARE 

Kent.............................

New Castle....................

Sussex..........................

NEW JERSEY 

Burlington.....................

Camden..... ...................

Cape May.. .... ...............

Cumberland...................

Gloucester.... ................

Mercer.........................

Sussex..........................

NEW YORK 

Delaware.. ....................

Greene. ......................;.

PENNSYLVANIA 

Berks...........................

Bucks...........................

Carbon... ......................

Chester.... ....................

Delaware..... .................

Number of wells 

and springs analyzed

9

11

9

49

57

5

2

42

a/ 7

26

1

20

2

5

5

56

4

23

7

Number of 

complete analyses

9

11

9

58

86

0

2

42

7

15

0

1

0

0

5

c/29

2

c/22

7

Number of 

partial analyses

0

0

12

0

48

5

0

0

0

11

1

b/19

b/ 2

b/ 5

0

c/18

2

0

0
16 INDEX OF RECORDS IN DELAWARE RIVER BASIN

State and county

PENNSYLVANIA-Continued 

Lancaster. ....................

Lebanon........................

Lehigh.. ........................

Luzerne............ ............

Monroe..... ....................

Montgomery.. .............. ...

Northampton..................

Philadelphia...... ............

Pike.............................

Schuylkill. .....................

Wayne.. ........................

Number of wells 

and springs analyzed

1

2

4

2

12

16

12

48

5

3

10

Number of 

complete analyses

1

2

4

1

4

c/12

c/11

37

2

1

5

Number of 

partial analyses

0

0

0

1

8

0

0

46

3

2

5

a/ Includes one spring that is actually a group of springs of uncertain number. 

b/ Analyses made for Geological Survey by New York State Department of Health.

£/ Includes one or more analyses of composite samples, each sample representing the combined waters from 

more than one well or spring.

Selected Publications on Ground Water, Including Chemical Quality 

The two-letter symbols preceding the authors' 

names indicate, in order of importance, the general 

content of each publication with respect to ground 

water:

Av-availability or use of ground water. 

Ge-geology, including one or more geologic maps, 

scale 1:62,500 or 1:125,000, unless indicated 

otherwise. 

Qu-quality of ground water, including one or more

chemical analyses.

WL-water levels, including tabular or graphical 

data.

Av Barksdale, H. C., 1945, Ground-water problems

of New Jersey: Jour. Am. Water Works Assoc., 

vol. 37, no. 6, pp. 563-568.

Ge Bascom, Florence, and Miller, B. L.. 1920, 

Av Elkton-Wilmington folio, Md. -Del. -N. J. -Pa.: 

WL U. S. Geol. Survey Geol. Atlas, no. 211, 26 

folio pp. (Part of New Castle County, Del.; 

part of Cecil County, Md.; part of Salem County, 

N. J.; and part of Chester County, Pa.)

Ge Bascom, Florence, and Stose, G. W., 1932,

Av Coatesville-West Chester folio, Pa. -Dek U. S.

Qu Geol. Survey Geol. Atlas 223, 23 folio pp.

(Parts of Chester, Delaware, and Lancaster 

Counties, Pa.; and part of New Castle County, 

Del.)

Ge Bascom, Florence, and Stose, G. W., 1938, GeolAv ogy and mineral resources of the Honeybrook 

Qu and Phoenixville quadrangles, Pa.; U. S. Geol.

Survey Bull. 891, 145 pp. (Parts of Chester and

Montgomery Counties, Pa.)

Ge Bascom, Florence, and others, 1909, Philadelphia 

Av folio, Pa.-N. J.-Del.: U. S. Geol. Survey Geol. 

WL Atlas 162, 35 folio pp. (Most of Delaware and

Philadelphia Counties, Pa.; and parts of Bucks, 

Chester, and Montgomery Counties, Pa.; parts 

of Burlington, Camden, Gloucester, and Salem 

Counties, N. J.; and part of New Castle County, 

Del.)

Ge Bascom, Florence, and others, 1909, Trenton 

Av folio, N. J.-Pa.: U. S. Geol. Survey Geol. 

Atlas, no. 167, 28 folio pp. (Most of Mercer 

County, N. J.; and parts of Burlington, Hunterdon, Monmouth, and Ocean Counties, N. J.; and 

parts of Bucks and Philadelphia Counties, Pa.)

Ge Bascom, Florence, and others, 1931, Geology and 

Av mineral resources of the Quakertown-Doylestown 

Qu district, Pa. -N. J.: U. S. Geol. Survey Bull,

828, 62pp. (Parts of Bucks, Lehigh, and Montgomery Counties, Pa.; and part of Huntsrdon 

County, N. J.)

Ge Bayley, W. S., 1941, Pre-Cambrian geology and 

mineral resources of the Delaware Water Gap 

and Easton quadrangles N. J. -Pa.: U. S. Geol. 

Survey Bull. 920, 98 pp. (Parts of Hunterdon 

and Warren Counties, N. J.; and parts of Bucks 

and Northampton Counties, Pa.)

Ge Bayley, W. G., Salisbury, R. D., and Kummel, 

Av H. B., 1914, Raritan folio, N. J.: U. S. Geol. 

Qu Survey Geol. Atlas 191, 38 folio pp. (Parts of

Hunterdon, Morris, Sussex and Warren Counties,

N: J.)

Av Berdan, J. M., 1950, Ground-water resources of 

Ge Schoharie County, N. Y.: New York Water Power 

WL and Control Comm. Bull. GW-22, 61 pp. (with 

Qu geologic map, scale ajpproximately 1:125,000).

Av Clark, W. B., Mathews, E. B., and Berry, E. W., 

Qu 1918, The surface and underground water reGe sources of Maryland, including Delaware and the 

District of Columbia: Maryland Geol. Survey 

Special Pub., vol. 10, part 2, pp. 169-553. 

(Contains no areal geologic map.) (Includes 

Kent, Newcastle, and Sussex Counties, Del., 

and Cecil County, Md.)

Qu Collins, W. D., Lamar, W. L., and Lohr, E. W., 

1934, The industrial utility of public water supplies in the United States, 1932: U. S. Geol. Survey Water-Supply Paper 658, 135 pp.- (Parts of 

Kent, New Castle, and Sussex Counties, Del.; 

and part of Camden County, N. J.),
GROUND WATER 17

Av Eastman, A. S., and Beckett, R. C., 1931, PubQu lie water supplies of Delaware 1931: University

of Delaware and Delaware State Board of Health,

43 pp.

Av Graham, J. B., 1944, Industrial ground-water 

supplies, in Pennsylvania's mineral heritage: 

Pennsylvania Dept. Internal Affairs, pp. 112- 

115.

Av Graham, J. B., 1950, Ground-water problems in 

Qu the Philadelphia area: Econ. Geology, vol. 45, 

WL no. 3, pp. 210-221. (Philadelphia County and 

parts of surrounding counties. Pa. and N. J.)

Av Graham, J. B., Mangan, J. W., and White, 

Qu W. F., Jr., 1951, Water resources of southWL eastern Bucks County, Pa.: U. S. Geol. Survey Circ. 104, 21 pp.

Av Hall, G. M., 1934, Ground water in southeastern 

Ge Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Topog. and Geol. 

Qu Survey, 4th ser., Bull. W2, 255 pp. (with geoWL logic map, scale 1:380, 160). (Includes Berks, 

Bucks, Chester, Delaware, Lancaster, Lehigh, 

Montgomery, Northampton, and Philadelphia 

Counties, and part of Lebanon County.)

Ge Lewis, J. V., and Kummel, H. B.; revision by 

Kummel, H. B., 1931, Geologic map of New 

Jersey: New Jersey Dept. Cons, and Devel. 

Atlas Sheet 40 (scale 1:250,000).

Ge Lewis, J. V., and Kummel, H. B.; revision by 

Av Kummel, H. B., 1940, The geology of New 

Jersey: New Jersey Dept. Cons, and Devel., 

Geol. ser., Bull. 50, 203pp. (with geologic 

map, scale approximately 1:1,000,000).

Av Lohman, S. W., 1037, Ground water in northGe eastern Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Topog. and 

Qu Geol. Survey, 4th ser.. Bull. W4, 312pp. 

WL (with geologic map, scale 1:380, 160). (Includes

Carbon, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Monroe, Pike,

Schuylkill, and Wayne Counties.)

Av Lohman, S. W., 1941, Ground-water resources of 

Qu Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania Topog. and Geol. 

Survey, 4th ser., Bull. W7, 32pp.

Ge Maryland Geological Survey, 1933, Geologic map 

of Maryland (scale 1:380, 160, including all 

Delaware).

Ge Merrill, F. J. H., 1901, Geologic map of New 

York: New York State Mus., map in 12 parts 

(scale 1:316,800).

Ge Miller, B. L., 1906, Dover folio, Del.-Md. - 

Av N. J.: U. S. Geol. Survey Geol. Atlas 137, 

12 folio pp. (Parts of Kent and New Castle

Counties, Del.; part of Cecil County, Md.; 

and part of Salem County, N. J.)

Ge Miller, B. L., 1925, Mineral resources of the 

Av Allentown quadrangle, Pa.: Pennsylvania Topog. 

WL and Geol. Survey, 4th ser., Topog. and Geol. 

Qu atlas 206, 195pp. {Parts of Bucks, Lehigh, 

and Northampton Counties, Pa.)

Ge Miller, B. L., 1939, Northampton County, 

Av geology and geography: Pennsylvania Topog. 

Qu and Geol. Survey, 4th ser., Bull. C48, 496 

WL pp.

Ge Miller, B. L., 1942, Lehigh County, geology and 

Av geography: Pennsylvania Topog. and Geol. SurWL vey, 4th ser., Bull. C39, 492pp.

Qu Philadelphia Inquirer, The, 1950, Water-a study 

of its hardness in the Philadelphia retail trading 

area: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia 

Market Facts (report) 5, 16 pp. {Parts of Burlington, Camden,Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, 'and Salem Counties, N. J., 

and parts of Bucks, Chester, and Montgomery 

Counties, Pa.)

Ge Rich, J. C., 1934, Glacial geology of the Catskills: 

New York State Mus. Bull. 299, 180 pp. (with 

map of glacial geology, scale 1:125,000). (Includes parts of Delaware, Greene, Schoharie, 

Sullivan, and Ulster Counties, N. Y.)

Ge Spangler, W. B., and Peterson, J. J., 1950,

Geology of Atlantic Coastal Plain in New Jersey, 

Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia: Am. Assoc. 

Petroleum Geologists Bull., vol. 34, no. 1, 

pp. 1-99 (with geologic map, scale approximately 1:515, 000). (Includes Kent, Newcastle, and 

Sussex Counties, Del.; Cecil County, Md.; 

Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, 

Gloucester, Monmouth, Ocean, and Salem 

Counties, N. J.; parts of Mercer County, N. J.; 

and parts of Bucks, Chester, Delaware, and 

Philadelphia Counties, Pa.)

Ge Stose, G. W., and Ljungstedt, O. A., 1931,

Geologic map of Pennsylvania: Pennsylvania 

Topog. and Geol. Survey (scale 1:380, 160).

Av Thompson, D. G., 1932, Ground water supplies 

WL of the Camden area, N. J.: New Jersey Dept. 

Qu Cons, and Devel. Bull. 39, 80 pp. (Parts of

Burlington, Camden, and Gloucester Counties.)

WL United States Geological Survey, 1936-50, issued 

annually (see below). Water levels and artesian 

pressure in observation wells in the United 

States (supplementary title since 1940-Part 1, 

Northeastern states): U. S. Geol. Survey 

Water-Supply Papers.
18 INDEX OF RECORDS IN DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 

Table 2.-Annual Water-Supply Papers containing water-level records

Year of 

report

Water-Supply 

Paper no.

Delaware

part of area

(pages)

New Jersey

part of area

(pages)

New York

part of area

(pages)

Pennsylvania

part of area

(pages)

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

1943

1944

1945

1946

1947

1948

777

817

840

845

886

906

936

944

986

1016

1023

1071

1096

1126

23-24 

20-21

18-19

19-20 

17-18

174-175

242-243

200-201

343-344

85-87

80-81, 112-128

80-82, 100-109

90-92, 118-133

124-126, 149-166

150-152, 174-190

174-177, 198-211

186-188, 207-223

184-185, 196-200

128-129

199

256

302

469-470

109

131

112

136-137

169

200

218

232

209

268,

351,

417,

628,

217,

241,

233,

279,

323,

339.

421,

424,

384,

272; 300-301

353, 364

432

637

226

251

242

285-287

329-335, 338

345-S&6, 359

428-441, 444

431-443, 446

38«-401, 404

NOTE. Pending publication, manuscript copies for the years 1949, 1950, and 1951 are available for inspection 

at the respective U. S. G. S. field offices of these four states.

COOPERATING AGENCIES IN THE DELAWARE BASIN STATES

The water-resources investigations in the Delaware River basin are conducted cooperatively with the following 

agencies. The branch of the Water Resources Division, U. S. Geological Survey, with which each agency is cooperating is indicated by two-letter symbols: GW-Ground Water Branch; QW-Quality of Water Branch; SW-Surface 

Water Branch.

- Branch symbol 

DELAWARE

State Highway Department, Dover................................................................................... GW and SW

City of New Castle........................................................................................................ GW

City of Newark............................................................................................................. GW

University of Delaware and Geological Survey, Newark....................................................... GW

Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District........................................................................ SW

New Castle County Soil Conservation District.................................................................... QW

NEW JERSEY

Department of Conservation and Economic Development..................................................... GW and SW

North Jersey District Water Supply Commission............................................................... SW

Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District........................................................................ SW

NEW YORK

Department of Conservation............................................................................................ GW and SW

Department of Public Works............................................................................................ SW

New York City Board of Water Supply.............................................................................. SW

Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District........................................................................ SW

PENNSYLVANIA

Department of Internal Affairs........................................................................................ GW

Department of Forests and Waters.................................................................................. SW and QW

Department of Commerce, State Planning Board.................................................... ........... QW

City of Philadelphia.... .................................................................................................. QW

Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District...... ................................................................. SW and QW

All water-resources activities of the U. S. Geological Survey within the Delaware basin states are closely coordinated with the Interstate Commission on the Delaware River basin (Incodel). Similarly, work in the Brandywine 

Creek basin has been coordinated with the Brandywine Valley Association.
INDEX OF RECORDS IN DELAWARE RIVER BASIN 19

ADDRESSES OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FIELD OFFICES IN DELAWARE BASIN STATES

Note: "U. S. Geological Survey" should precede the part of each address shown below. Each district office is 

preceded by an asterisk {*).

Branch symbols: GW-Ground Water

QW-Quality of Water 

SW-Surface Water

STATE Branch 

City and zone symbol

DELAWARE

Dover!/ SW 

Newark!/ GW

MARYLAND

*College Park SW

Salisbury GW

NEW JERSEY

*Trenton 7 SW

*Trenton 7 GW

NEW YORK

*Albany 1 SW 

Albany 1 GW 

Ellenville SW

*Mineola GW

PENNSYLVANIA

*Harrisburg SW

*Philadelphia 6 QW

*Philadelphia 3 GW 

Schuylkill Haven QW

\j Sub-office of College Park, Md. district office. 

2/ Sub-office of Salisbury, Md., area office.

Address of of fide 

(U. S. Geological Survey, -)

P. O. Box 707. 

Post Office Bldg.

P. O. Box 37, Engineering Bldg.

University of Maryland. 

Brown St.

P. O. Box 967, 228 Federal Bldg. 

P. O. Box 1689, 430 Federal Bldg.

P. O. Box 948, 526 Federal Bldg. 

P. O. Box 590, 332 Federal Bldg. 

P. O. Box 49. 

230 Old Country Road.

P. O. Box 421, 490 Education Bldg. 

1304 U. S. Custom House, 2d and

Chestnut Sts. 

Academy of Natural Sciences, 19th and

Race Sts. 

P. O. Box 251, 202 East Liberty St.

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