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  • Driveway culvert elevations Short Bayberry Errett Bridge Addy Evergreen
    Although DNREC has indicated they can update our survey of driveway culverts and assist us with planning an improved system, they have a sufficient backlog that they cannot start until this winter.
    location 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17w 17e 19 21 23  
    diameter   12 18 12 12 12   12 12 12 12 12 12  
    length   20 62 21 21 21   29 21 21 21 21 21  
    material   Metal Conc Conc Conc Conc   Conc Conc Conc Conc Conc Conc  
    misc                 lands. lands.        
    west end   140 400 650 690 810 1000 1160 1220 1290 1450 1500 1650  
    west bot   3.2 2.6 4.1 4.2 4.3   4.3 4.6 4.8 5.7 6.1 7.1  
    east bot   3.3 2.8 4 4.3 4.3   4.3 4.5 5.1 6 6.4 7.1  
                                 
    location 2 4w 4e 6 8 10 12 14 16w 16e 18 20 22 24
    diameter 12 15 12 12 15 12 12 12 15 12 12 12 12 12
    length 20 20 20 21 16 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 13
    mat'l Conc Metal Metal Conc Metal Conc Conc Conc plastic Conc Conc Metal Conc Conc
    misc   lands. lands. lands.         lands. lands.   conc walls    
    west end 150 210 320 390 460 640 835 990 1060 1110 1260 1410 1520 1720
    west bot 2.2 2.6 2.5 2.6 3.2 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.9 4.4 5 5.2 7.1 6.4
    east bot 2.6 2.8 2.5 2.4 3.2 4 3.8 3.9 3.9 4.2 4.4 5.4 6.4 6.5
    Location=street address (usually); culvert diameter in inches; length in feet; west bot/east bot are elevations of bottom of designated culvert end; west end is distance along the appropriate ditch of the west ("downstream") end of the culvert.
    Note that the zero points (lengthwise) of most ditches is the center of the ditch along the east side of DE361. The zero points for the Bridge Rd south, Addy Rd north and Evergreen ditches are the west end of the respective culverts under Pine Rd; the zero point of the Addy Rd south ditch is its intersection with the Evergreen ditch (roughly 300' south of Addy Rd); the zero point of the Bridge Rd north ditch is the south end of the culvert under Bridge Rd.
    Data is from a 1992 Delaware Soil and Conservation survey (locating ditch heights and conduit locations), which was done relative to an arbitrary elevation. 2000 Artesian Water survey has elevations of all main culverts under roads-measured relative to Mean Lower Low Sea Level-the standard the USGS uses, and was used to convert the relative elevations to absolute. Tides at Jefferson Creek generally range between 0.5 and 1.5 feet above MLLSL; see this USGS site for specifics.

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