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USGS 01558000 Little Juniata River at Spruce Creek, PA

 

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STATION.--01558000 LITTLE JUNIATA RIVER AT SPRUCE CREEK, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`36'45", long 78`08'27", Huntingdon County, Hydrologic Unit 02050302, on right bank on SR 4006, 150 ft downstream from Penn Central Railroad bridge, 0.5 mi northwest of village of Spruce Creek, and 0.5 mi upstream from Spruce Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--220 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1938 to current year. Prior to October 1938 monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1302.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 751.15 ft above sea level.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Mar. 18, 1936 reached a stage of 19.1 ft, from floodmarks 175 ft downstream, discharge, 39,800 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 5,600 ft3/s on basis of slope-area measurement at gage height 15.77 ft.
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 National Weather Service, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
 
 

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 356   11-19-2004  08:45
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 65 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
356  60 242 1,040 87.0 177 381

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: 2.55   11-19-2004  08:45
Graph of Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 02
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