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STATION.--01451000 LEHIGH RIVER AT WALNUTPORT,
PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`45'25", long
75`36'12", Northampton County, Hydrologic Unit 02040106, on
left bank 0.3 mi upstream from highway bridge at Walnutport, and 0.4 mi
upstream from Trout Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--889 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1946 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and
heated tipping bucket precipitation gage. Datum of gage is 349.53 ft
above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Satellite and landline
telemetry at station. Prior to October 15, 2022, datum published as
350.27 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this
station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia
District, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and
the U.S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated by Wild Creek Reservoir, Penn
Forest Reservoir, Francis E. Walter Reservoir, and Beltzville Lake.
The 15-minute precipitation data for this station are
temporary and will only be displayed for 120 days. Time series
of 1-hour or cumulative daily values will NOT be available for
retrieval following the 120-day display period. Although the
instrumentation is calibrated at least once a year, the temporary
classification means that documented routine inspections and other
quality assurance measures are not performed that would make the
data acceptable for archival, retrieval, or future use in general
scientific or interpretive studies. |
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Maximum recordable gage height
(stage sensor operational limit) - 22.2 ft; Data transmitter
operational limit - 23.6 ft;
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-7.5 ft, at 6 ft, minor
flooding begins downstream at Catasaqua and Hokendaqua; Flood stage-8
ft; Moderate flood stage-12 ft, at 13 ft, flooding begins just
downstream from the Slatington Walnutport Bridge; Major flood stage-16
ft;