Funding for this site is provided by:
STATION.--01573208 SWATARA CREEK NEAR PALMYRA, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`19'20.06", long
76`37'45.82", Lancaster County, Hydrologic Unit 02050305, at
four-span concrete bridge on SR 743, 2 mi downstream from Quittapahilla
Creek, and 2 mi northwest of Palmyra.
DRAINAGE AREA.--437 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--December 2022 to present.
Water-quality March 2023 to present.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and
water-quality monitor. Datum of gage is 335 ft above North American
Vertical Datum of 1988.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by
the U.S. Geological Survey. Funding for the operation of this station
is provided by Lebanon County and Natural Resource Conservation
Service.
REMARKS.--
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Data transmitter operational limit -
28.8 ft;
Supplied by NWS:
