Real-time data for USGS 01573560 Swatara Creek near Hershey, PA

USGS 01573560 Swatara Creek near Hershey, PA

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

STATION.--01573560 SWATARA CREEK NEAR HERSHEY, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`17'54", long 76`40'05", Dauphin County, Hydrologic Unit 02050305, on left bank, 0.4 mi downstream from Manada Creek, 0.5 mi upstream from State Highway 39, and 1.5 mi northwest of Hershey.
DRAINAGE AREA.--483 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1975 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and gated concrete control. Datum of gage is 325.94 ft above sea level (levels by Susquehanna River Basin Commission).
FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage provided to USGS April 1999 is 7 feet.
COOPERATION.--Records of daily diversion furnished by Hershey Chocolate U.S.A., a division of Hershey Foods Corporation. 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.

Gage height, feet

Most recent value: 2.11 11-19-2004 11:00

Download a presentation-quality graph	Parameter Code 00065; DD 03

Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent value: 601 11-19-2004 11:00

Download a presentation-quality graph	Parameter Code 00060; DD 04

**Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 28 years of record in ft³/sec**
Current Flow	Minimum	Mean	Maximum	80 percent exceedance	50 percent exceedance	20 percent exceedance
601	81	647	1,820	136	486	1,216
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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