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USGS 03048500 Kiskiminetas River at Vandergrift, PA

 

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STATION.--03048500 KISKIMINETAS RIVER AT VANDERGRIFT, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`36'16", long 79`33'08", Westmoreland County, Hydrologic Unit 05010008, on left bank 0.5 mi upstream from bridge on State Highway Alternate 66 at Vandergrift, and 2.2 mi upstream from Pine Run.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,825 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1937 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305. October 1920 to September 1932 (gage heights and discharge measurements only) in reports of Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 769.40 ft above sea level (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). Oct. 1, 1920 to Sept. 30, 1930, nonrecording gage, Oct. 1, 1930 to Sept. 30, 1932, water-stage recorder, at site 0.6 mi downstream at different datum.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated since 1971 by Yellow Creek Lake (station 03042260), since 1952 by Conemaugh River Lake, 23 mi upstream, since 1942 by Loyalhanna Lake, 20 mi upstream, and by other reservoirs above station; the 11 most effective of which have a combined capacity of 105,700 acre-ft. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of March 18, 1936 reached a stage of 41.64 ft, from floodmark at present site, discharge, 185,000 ft3/s, by slope-area measurement.
FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage provided to USGS April 1999 is 25 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: 3.83   11-19-2004  11:00
Graph of Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 06

Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 982   11-19-2004  11:00
Graph of Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 07
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
982  193 2,037 10,800 579 1,470 3,148

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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