Susquehanna River at Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Overview
- Station Id: 01536500
- County: Luzerne
- Drainage Area: 10,147 sq.mi.
- Station Coordinates: 41.189°, -76.087°
- Period of record: 10/04 to present
Location Description
Site is located on Retreat Road off SR 11 near Hunlock Creek, PA
Data
- Data File Description
- WIL.xlsx September 2004 to present
2016 Land Use
| Urban | Agricultural | Agricultural | Forested | Other | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row Crops | Pasture/Hay | Total | ||||
| 7% | 4% | 22% | 26% | 61% | 6% | |
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 | |
| Wilkes-Barre 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 | -0.0860256 | 0.9705882 | HL | DWN | -0.3560987 | 0.7745098 | L | DWN |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | -0.0204559 | 0.6372549 | ALAN | NS | -0.3107967 | 0.7549020 | L | DWN |
| Ammonia | -0.0159395 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.1974416 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Dissolved Nitrogen | -0.0889070 | 0.9705882 | HL | DWN | -0.9111256 | 0.9705882 | HL | DWN |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | -0.0151028 | 0.6372549 | ALAN | NS | -0.2212540 | 0.7156863 | L | DWN |
| Ammonia | -0.0148971 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.2055697 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Total Phosphorus | -0.0247691 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.2351291 | 0.8333333 | L | DWN |
| Particulate Phosphorus | 0.0051930 | 0.7156863 | L | UP | 0.2576112 | 0.8137255 | L | UP |
| Dissolved Phosphorus | -0.0265621 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.3858877 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Orthophosphate | -0.0243502 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.3693852 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Total Organic Carbon | -0.4890144 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -7.7997185 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Total Suspended Solids | 6.1322224 | 0.7352941 | L | UP | -8.3809875 | 0.5588235 | ALAN | NS |
| Suspended Sediment | 18.5872653 | 0.8921569 | L | UP | 593.0619469 | 0.6960784 | L | UP |