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STATION.--03015310 ALLEGHENY RIVER AT WARREN, PA LOCATION.--Lat 41`50'38", long 79`09'00", Warren County, Hydrologic Unit 05010001, on right bank at downstream end of municipal parking lot at Warren, 1,400 ft downstream from confluence with Conewango Creek, and at mile 188.7. DRAINAGE AREA.--3,131 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1988 to current year. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,169.04 ft above sea level. REMARKS.--Flow regulated by Allegheny Reservoir 8.7 mi upstream since October 1965 and since 1941 by Chautauqua Lake. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station. Daily discharge not available. The gage height and discharge at this site are affected by backwater caused by bridge construction. EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of March 1865 reached a stage of at least 19.4 ft, estimated discharge, 90,000 ft3/s, from National Weather Service data. Maximum discharge since construction of Kinzua Dam, 33,600 ft3/s, June 1972, gage height, 11.5 ft. FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage provided to USGS April 1999 is 14 feet. COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. |
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