Pequea Creek at Martic Forge, Pa.
Overview
- Station Id: 01576787
- County: Lancaster
- Drainage Area: 149 sq.mi.
- Station Coordinates: 39.906°, -76.328°
- Period of record: 10/04 - Present
Location Description
Station is on the bridge 0.06 miles Northwest of Martic Forge on Route 324.
Data
- Data File Description
- PEQ.xlsx October 2004 to present
2016 Land Use
| Urban | Agricultural | Agricultural | Forested | Other | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row Crops | Pasture/Hay | Total | ||||
| 14% | 45% | 16% | 61% | 23% | 2% | |
Site Drainage Area
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Loads
Concentrations
Data
2021 Flow Normalized Trends
| Trend period (Water Year*) | 2005-2021 |
|---|---|
| Trend & Direction | NS – Not significant, UP – Increasing trend, DOWN – Decreasing trend |
| Hypothesis Test significance level (i.e. α) | 0.1 |
| * Water Year runs from October 1st to September 30th of the following year | |
| Likelihood Descriptor | Range of values** |
|---|---|
| HL (Highly Likely) | ≥0.95 and ≤1.00 |
| VL (Very Likely) | ≥0.90 and <0.95 |
| L (Likely) | ≥0.66 and <0.90 |
| ALAN (About as Likely as Not) | >0.33 and <0.66 |
| ** Values represent the posterior mean estimate of the probability of a trend | |
| Martic Forge 2005-2021 | Flow Normalized Concentration (mg/L) | Flow Normalized Load (Millions Kg/yr) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Likelihood Test | Likelihood Test | |||||||
| Parameter | Change | Value | Descriptor | Trend | Change | Value | Descriptor | Trend |
| Total Nitrogen | -1.1630763 | 0.9509804 | HL | DN | -0.1718331 | 0.9313725 | VL | DN |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | -0.8072556 | 0.8333333 | L | DN | -0.1171451 | 0.8333333 | L | DN |
| Ammonia | 0.0107260 | 0.6568627 | ALAN | NS | 0.0063878 | 0.8333333 | L | UP |
| Dissolved Nitrogen | -1.2205568 | 0.9313725 | VL | DN | -0.1838532 | 0.9117647 | VL | DN |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | -0.6296654 | 0.7745098 | L | DN | -0.0888210 | 0.7156863 | L | DN |
| Ammonia | 0.0098178 | 0.5784314 | ALAN | NS | 0.0059008 | 0.8333333 | L | UP |
| Total Phosphorus | 0.0329512 | 0.6764706 | L | UP | 0.0153755 | 0.7352941 | L | UP |
| Particulate Phosphorus | 0.0120704 | 0.6176471 | ALAN | NS | 0.0108714 | 0.7549020 | L | UP |
| Dissolved Phosphorus | 0.0212449 | 0.7156863 | L | UP | 0.0056842 | 0.7549020 | L | UP |
| Orthophosphate | 0.0217736 | 0.7549020 | L | UP | 0.0062435 | 0.7745098 | L | UP |
| Total Organic Carbon | -0.6014550 | 0.9313725 | VL | DN | -0.2081374 | 0.9313725 | VL | DN |
| Total Suspended Solids | -3.3078358 | 0.6568627 | ALAN | NS | -4.5837456 | 0.6764706 | L | DN |
| Suspended Sediment | 52.2151735 | 0.8725490 | L | UP | 25.0890759 | 0.7549020 | L | UP |