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
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 | |
| Wilkes-Barre 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 | -0.1318922 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.9309980 | 0.9117647 | VL | DWN |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | -0.0718990 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -1.0988473 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Ammonia | -0.0190435 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.2703244 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Dissolved Nitrogen | -0.1093807 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -1.2491440 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Nitrate-Nitrite | -0.1809782 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -2.5081010 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Ammonia | -0.0163634 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.2459932 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Total Phosphorus | -0.0298351 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.2693613 | 0.7745098 | L | DWN |
| Particulate Phosphorus | -0.0016169 | 0.5980392 | ALAN | NS | 0.1852404 | 0.8529412 | L | UP |
| Dissolved Phosphorus | -0.0256036 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.3568318 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Orthophosphate | -0.0255813 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -0.3925463 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN |
| Total Organic Carbon | -0.5298773 | 0.9901961 | HL | DWN | -7.5894159 | 0.9705882 | HL | DWN |
| Total Suspended Solids | 7.4824816 | 0.8529412 | L | UP | 198.3140115 | 0.6372549 | ALAN | NS |
| Suspended Sediment | 16.0360143 | 0.9117647 | VL | UP | 436.3308166 | 0.7549020 | L | UP |