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USGS 01468500 Schuylkill River at Landingville, PA

 

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STATION.--01468500 SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT LANDINGVILLE, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`37'45", long 76`07'30", Schuylkill County, Hydrologic Unit 02040203, on left bank 10 ft upstream from highway bridge on SR 2011 at Landingville, 0.1 mi upstream from Mahannon Creek, and 5.0 mi downstream from West Branch Schuylkill River.
DRAINAGE AREA.--133 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1947 to April 1953, October 1963 to September 1965, August 1973 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 470.64 ft above sea level. Prior to Aug. 27, 1947, nonrecording gage 10 ft downstream at same datum.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood in June 1972 reached a stage of 17.36 ft, discharge, 14,000 ft3/s.
FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage provided to USGS April 1999 is 8 feet.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
 
 

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Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 3.46   11-19-2004  14:30
Graph of Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 05

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 225   11-19-2004  14:30
Graph of Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 06
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 38 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
225  27 218 567 71.2 160 369

Percent exceedance means that 80, 50, or 20 percent of all daily mean flows for 11/19 have been greater than the value shown.
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