Gage height, feet
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| STATION.--03031500 ALLEGHENY RIVER AT PARKER, PA LOCATION.--Lat 41`06'02", long 79`40'53", Armstrong County, Hydrologic Unit 05010006, on right bank 500 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 368 at Parker, 1.1 mi downstream from Clarion River, and at mile 83.4. DRAINAGE AREA.--7,671 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1932 to current year. Prior to October 1963, published as "at Parkers Landing." Gage-height records collected at same site since 1885 are contained in reports of U.S. Weather Bureau. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 845.14 ft above sea level. Prior to Oct. 1, 1932, U.S. Weather Bureau gages at different datums. Oct. 1-28, 1932, nonrecording gage at datum 27.00 ft lower. REMARKS.--Flow regulated since 1965 by Allegheny Reservoir, since 1949 by Chautauqua Lake, since 1941 by Tionesta Lake, since 1971 by Union City Reservoir, since 1974 by Woodcock Creek Lake, since 1952 by East Branch Clarion River Lake, and since 1924 by Piney Reservoir. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station. EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Mar. 17, 1865 reached a stage of 29.4 ft, present datum, discharge, 250,000 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 137,000 ft3/s. FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage provided to USGS April 1999 is 20 feet. COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and the U.S. Geological Survey. |
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