West Branch Susquehanna River at Karthaus, Pa.
Overview
- Station Id: 01542500
- County: Clearfield
- Drainage Area: 1,391 sq.mi.
- Station Coordinates: 41.117°, -78.109°
- Period of record: 10/04 to present
Location Description
Water quality samples are collected off the Route 879 bridge located on the eastern side of Karthaus.
Data
- Data File Description
- KAR.xlsx October 2004 to present
2016 Land Use
| Urban | Agricultural | Agricultural | Forested | Other | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row Crops | Pasture/Hay | Total | ||||
| 6% | 2% | 9% | 11% | 76% | 6% | |
Site Drainage Area
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Loads
Concentrations
Data
2022 Flow Normalized Trends
| Trend period (Water Year*) | 2005-2022 |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Karthaus 2005-2022 | 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 | 0.0122616 | 0.6176471 | ALAN | NS | 0.1677688 | 0.8725490 | L | UP |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | 0.0202200 | 0.9313725 | VL | UP | 0.1878382 | 0.9901961 | HL | UP |
| Ammonia | -0.0264817 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.0507700 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Dissolved Nitrogen | -0.0271390 | 0.7156863 | L | DWN | 0.0536202 | 0.6960784 | L | UP |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | 0.0302926 | 0.9705882 | HL | UP | 0.1976704 | 0.9901961 | HL | UP |
| Ammonia | -0.0254211 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.0523671 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Total Phosphorus | -0.0176501 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.0313524 | 0.9705882 | HL | DWN |
| Particulate Phosphorus | -0.0100225 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.0178633 | 0.9509804 | HL | DWN |
| Dissolved Phosphorus | -0.0115613 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.0179133 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Orthophosphate | -0.0079283 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.0117228 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Total Organic Carbon | 0.0039286 | 0.5196078 | ALAN | NS | -0.0736065 | 0.5196078 | ALAN | NS |
| Total Suspended Solids | 0.3481534 | 0.5588235 | ALAN | NS | 4.0129917 | 0.5980392 | ALAN | NS |
| Suspended Sediment | 11.1711121 | 0.8921569 | L | UP | 34.8471780 | 0.8137255 | L | UP |