PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION
STATION.--01447800 LEHIGH RIVER BELOW FRANCIS E.
WALTER RESERVOIR NEAR WHITE HAVEN, PALOCATION.--Lat 41`06'17", long 75`43'57", Luzerne County, Hydrologic Unit 02040106, on right bank 0.7 mi downstream from Francis E. Walter Reservoir, 2.0 mi upstream from Fawn Run, and 4.0 mi northeast of White Haven.
DRAINAGE AREA.--290 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1957 to current year. Prior to October 1962 published as "below Bear Creek Reservoir", October 1962 to September 1971 published as "below Francis E. Walter Reservoir."
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,212.95 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers).
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Maximum recordable gage height (stage sensor operational limit) - 31.1 ft; Data transmitter operational limit - 32.5 ft;
Supplied by NWS: No flood stage has been determined for this station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of August 1955 reached a discharge of 54,200 ft3/s based on slope-area measurement at site 4.9 mi downstream.
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. This station managed by the Williamsport Field Office.
