Sherman Creek at Shermans Dale, Pa.
Overview
- Station Id: 01568000
- County: Perry
- Drainage Area: 188 sq.mi.
- Station Coordinates: 40.344°, -77.194°
- Period of record: 10/84 to 12/89 & 10/04 to present
Location Description
Pisgah State Road bridge at Dromgold.
Data
- Data File Description
- SHE8489.xlsx October 1984 to December 1989
- SHE.xlsx October 2004 to present
2021 Land Use
| Urban | Agricultural | Agricultural | Forested | Other | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Row Crops | Pasture/Hay | Total | ||||
| 6% | 13% | 12% | 25% | 67% | 1% | |
Site Drainage Area
 
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Loads
Concentrations
Data
2024 Flow Normalized Trends
| Trend period (Water Year*) | 2005-2024 | 
|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Shermans Dale 2005-2024 | 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 | 0.0098691 | 0.7352941 | L | UP | 0.0016357 | 0.5392157 | ALAN | NS | 
| Nitrate-Nitrite | -0.0458864 | 0.5196078 | ALAN | NS | -0.0042230 | 0.5392157 | ALAN | NS | 
| Ammonia | -0.0140211 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.0056647 | 0.8921569 | L | DWN | 
| Dissolved Nitrogen | -0.0361091 | 0.5588235 | ALAN | NS | -0.0146760 | 0.7352941 | L | DWN | 
| Nitrate-Nitrite | -0.0291171 | 0.5588235 | ALAN | NS | 0.0020672 | 0.6372549 | ALAN | NS | 
| Ammonia | -0.0133341 | 0.9705882 | HL | DWN | -0.0056280 | 0.8921569 | L | DWN | 
| Total Phosphorus | 0.0058847 | 0.8529412 | L | UP | 0.0024283 | 0.5588235 | ALAN | NS | 
| Particulate Phosphorus | 0.0008383 | 0.5196078 | ALAN | NS | 0.0006517 | 0.5392157 | ALAN | NS | 
| Dissolved Phosphorus | 0.0048675 | 0.8921569 | L | UP | 0.0020155 | 0.6176471 | ALAN | NS | 
| Orthophosphate | 0.0010148 | 0.5196078 | ALAN | NS | 0.0009758 | 0.5196078 | ALAN | NS | 
| Total Organic Carbon | -0.0463339 | 0.6764706 | L | DWN | -0.1487609 | 0.8921569 | L | DWN | 
| Total Suspended Solids | -2.1253337 | 0.8333333 | L | DWN | -2.7001525 | 0.7352941 | L | DWN | 
| Suspended Sediment | 2.2636552 | 0.7352941 | L | UP | -5.3403404 | 0.9117647 | VL | DWN |