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USGS 03032500 Redbank Creek at St. Charles, PA

 

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STATION.--03032500 REDBANK CREEK AT ST. CHARLES, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`59'40", long 79`23'40", Armstrong County, Hydrologic Unit 05010006, on left bank 400 ft downstream from highway bridge on SR 1005 at St. Charles, 0.3 mi downstream from Leatherwood Creek, and 3 mi west of New Bethlehem.
DRAINAGE AREA.--528 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Annual maximums, water years 1910-18. October 1918 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305. Figures of daily discharge for November 1920 to June 1921, published in WSP 523, are unreliable and should not be used.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 973.14 ft above sea level. Prior to July 10, 1940, nonrecording gage at site 500 ft upstream at datum 3.10 ft higher.
REMARKS.--U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.
FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage provided to USGS April 1999 is 17 feet.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
 
 

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Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 4.52   11-19-2004  15:57
Graph of Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 08

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 932   11-19-2004  15:57
Graph of Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 09
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
932  50 864 4,670 177 501 1,360

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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