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USGS 01573000 Swatara Creek at Harper Tavern, PA

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 
 
STATION.--01573000 SWATARA CREEK AT HARPER TAVERN, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`24'09", long 76`34'39", Lebanon County, Hydrologic Unit 02050305, on left bank 100 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 934 at Harper Tavern, 6.0 mi northwest of Annville, and 8.5 mi downstream from Little Swatara Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--337 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 1919 to current year. Prior to October 1927, published as "at Harpers".
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 356.68 ft above sea level. Prior to July 16, 1931, nonrecording gage at same site and datum.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of June 1, 1889, reached a stage of 25.6 ft, from floodmark, discharge, 88,000 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 25,000 ft3/s on basis of slope-area measurement of peak flow.
FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage provided to USGS April 1999 is 9 feet.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the National Weather Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
 
 

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Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 1.21   11-19-2004  16:15
Graph of  Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 07

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 367   11-19-2004  16:15
Graph of  Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 08
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
367  31 522 6,360 88.0 295 790

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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