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STATION.--01549500 BLOCKHOUSE CREEK NEAR ENGLISH
CENTER, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 41`28'25", long
77`13'52", Lycoming County, Hydrologic Unit 02050205, on right
bank just downstream from bridge on State Highway 284, 0.7 mi upstream
from Blacks Creek, 1.7 mi upstream from confluence with Texas Creek,
and 5.0 mi northeast of English Center.
DRAINAGE AREA.--37.7 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1940 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage.
Datum of gage is 1,041.85 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of
1929. Satellite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by
the U.S. Geological Survey. Funding for the operation of this station
is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
and the U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Data transmitter operational limit -
14 ft;
Supplied by NWS: No flood stage has been determined
for this station.
