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USGS 03023100 French Creek at Meadville, PA

 

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STATION.--03023100 FRENCH CREEK AT MEADVILLE, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 41`37'57", long 80`09'35", Crawford County, Hydrologic Unit 05010004, on left bank 30 ft upstream from bridge on Mercer Street at Meadville, 300 ft downstream from Mill Run, 2,600 ft downstream from Cussewago Creek, and at mile 30.5.
DRAINAGE AREA.--788 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1988 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,058.83 ft above sea level (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). Prior to October 27, 1989, water-stage recorder at site 2,300 ft upstream at different datum.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated beginning October 1971 by Union City Reservoir 43 mi upstream, serving as a retarding basin, and Woodcock Creek Lake 9.0 mi upstream. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge 25,800 ft3/s April 1947, gage height, 17.05 ft; maximum gage height 17.60 ft, January 1959 (backwater from ice), site and datum then in use.
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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Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 2.97   11-19-2004  07:00
Graph of  Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 03

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 723   11-19-2004  07:00
Graph of  Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 04
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 15 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
723  165 1,951 6,480 421 1,500 2,996

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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