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00060 Discharge(Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
01472810 EAST BRANCH PERKIOMEN CREEK NEAR SCHWENKSVILLE, PA
LOCATION - Lat 40°15'31", long 75°25'45" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Montgomery County, PA, Hydrologic Unit 02040203, on left bank 600 ft upstream from Bergey's Mill bridge, and 2.0 mi east of Schwenksville.
DRAINAGE AREA - 58.7 mi². not including distributary.
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR PA-96-1: 1993-95(P). WDR PA-99-1: 1996, 1997(M).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - January 1991 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 150 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map. Satellite and landline telemetry at station.
COOPERATION - Station established and maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Delaware River Basin Commission.
REMARKS - Diversion since August 1989 from Delaware River at Point Pleasant to Bradshaw Reservoir (Geddes Creek Basin). Pumpage from reservoir enters stream about 19 mi upstream of gage. Record of diversions were provided to the USGS by Exelon Nuclear and filed with the Water Science Center through Water Year 2016. Peak flows are unregulated. Records for water years 2014-2016 are fair except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Records for water years 2017-2023 are fair except for estimated discharge, which is poor.