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
2021 Land Use
| Urban | Agricultural | Agricultural | Forested | Other | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row Crops | Pasture/Hay | Total | ||||
| 8% | 4% | 22% | 26% | 60% | 6% | |
Site Drainage Area
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Loads
Concentrations
Data
2023 Flow Normalized Trends
| Trend period (Water Year*) | 2005-2023 |
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Wilkes-Barre 2005-2023 | 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 | -0.0870989 | 0.9705882 | HL | DWN | -0.0662554 | 0.5392157 | ALAN | NS |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | -0.0460251 | 0.8921569 | L | DWN | -0.6808079 | 0.9313725 | VL | DWN |
| Ammonia | -0.0167520 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.2169637 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Dissolved Nitrogen | -0.0833659 | 0.9705882 | HL | DWN | -0.7503432 | 0.8921569 | L | DWN |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | -0.2035224 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -2.8956942 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Ammonia | -0.0151754 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.2159093 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Total Phosphorus | -0.0262400 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.1419888 | 0.5980392 | ALAN | NS |
| Particulate Phosphorus | 0.0035821 | 0.8137255 | L | UP | 0.3482908 | 0.8725490 | L | UP |
| Dissolved Phosphorus | -0.0264277 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.3716120 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Orthophosphate | -0.0251156 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.3835066 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Total Organic Carbon | -0.4740325 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -6.7357902 | 0.9313725 | VL | DWN |
| Total Suspended Solids | 9.5797715 | 0.8921569 | L | UP | 303.3018406 | 0.7941176 | L | UP |
| Suspended Sediment | 20.0953997 | 0.9901961 | HL | UP | 702.6052363 | 0.8725490 | L | UP |