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USGS 01469500 Little Schuylkill River at Tamaqua, PA

 

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STATION.--01469500 LITTLE SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT TAMAQUA, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`48'25", long 75`58'20", Schuylkill County, Hydrologic Unit 02040203, on left bank at pumping plant of Panther Valley Water Co., 0.6 mi upstream from Tamaqua, and 0.8 mi upstream from Panther Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--42.9 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1919 to current year. June 1916 to September 1919, gage heights and discharge measurements only, in reports of Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and broad-crested weir. Datum of gage is 817.48 ft above sea level. Prior to June 21, 1929, nonrecording gage at site 3,600 ft downstream at datum 28.64 ft lower.
COOPERATION.--Records of diversion and change in contents of Still Creek Reservoir provided by the Borough of Tamaqua.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
 
 

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 70   11-19-2004  05:30
Graph of Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 01
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 84 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
70  4.2 84.3 722 20.0 46.5 121

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

Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 2.42   11-19-2004  05:30
Graph of Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 02
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