Susquehanna River at Towanda, Pa.
Overview
- Station Id: 01531500
- County: Bradford
- Drainage Area: 7,781 sq.mi.
- Station Coordinates: 41.792°, -76.443°
- Period of record: 9/88 to present
Location Description
The sampling location is on the James Street bridge just north of the GTE Industrial Plant. The stream gage is located on the west bank of the Susquehanna River at the end of Bridge Street in Towanda, Pa.
Data
- Data File Description
- TOW.xlsx September 1988 to present
2021 Land Use
| Urban | Agricultural | Agricultural | Forested | Other | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row Crops | Pasture/Hay | Total | ||||
| 8% | 4% | 22% | 26% | 60% | 5% | |
Site Drainage Area
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Loads
Concentrations
Data
2023 Flow Normalized Trends
| Trend period (Water Year*) | 1989-2023 |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Towanda 1989-2023 | 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 | -0.6486434 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -7.4615095 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | -0.3195560 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -3.3513753 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Ammonia | -0.0388452 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.5439043 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Dissolved Nitrogen | -0.5167972 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -6.0129291 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | -0.3230320 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -3.3785261 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Ammonia | -0.0367631 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.4727778 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Total Phosphorus | -0.0417744 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.0324233 | 0.5980392 | ALAN | NS |
| Particulate Phosphorus | -0.0060111 | 0.7941176 | L | DWN | 0.3847558 | 0.9117647 | VL | UP |
| Dissolved Phosphorus | -0.0342364 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.3244852 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Orthophosphate | -0.0064639 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.0286471 | 0.8725490 | L | DWN |
| Total Organic Carbon | -0.6913328 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -6.3583859 | 0.9509804 | HL | DWN |
| Total Suspended Solids | 13.5581954 | 0.9117647 | VL | UP | 936.7369533 | 0.8725490 | L | UP |
| Suspended Sediment | -4.8515717 | 0.7745098 | L | DWN | 83.9264861 | 0.5588235 | ALAN | NS |