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USGS 03038000 Crooked Creek at Idaho, PA

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 
 
STATION.--03038000 CROOKED CREEK AT IDAHO, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`39'17", long 79`20'56", Armstrong County, Hydrologic Unit 05010006, on right bank at downstream end of old bridge abutment at Idaho, 0.4 mi downstream from Keystone Generation Station, 1.5 mi downstream from Plum Creek, and 2.4 mi west of Shelocta.
DRAINAGE AREA.--191 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1937 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods published in WSP 1305.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete weir control. Datum of gage is 961.04 ft above sea level (Baltimore and Ohio Railroad bench mark).
REMARKS.--Flow regulated to some extent since March 1968 by Keystone Lake 7 mi upstream, usable capacity, 22,010 acre-ft. Evaporation from operation of steam-electric plant 0.4 mi upstream, which began during July 1967, can amount to as much as 30 ft3/s. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of March 1936 reached a stage of 18.6 ft, from floodmark, discharge, 19,400 ft3/s.
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: 2.70   11-19-2004  13:27
Graph of  Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 03

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 82   11-19-2004  13:27
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 66 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
82  7.1 195 813 38.4 108 370

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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