PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION
STATION.--03082500 YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER AT
CONNELLSVILLE, PALOCATION.--Lat 40`01'03", long 79`35'38", Fayette County, Hydrologic Unit 05020006, on left bank at downstream side of Crawford Avenue bridge at Connellsville, 1.2 mi upstream from Mounts Creek, and at mile 44.0.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,326 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1908 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 860.13 ft above sea level. Prior to Aug. 15, 1928, nonrecording gage, and Aug. 15, 1928 to July 7, 1958, water-stage recorder at same site and datum. July 8, 1958 to Sept. 8, 1959, nonrecording gage at site 0.4 mi downstream at different datum.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated since 1925 by Deep Creek Reservoir, since 1943 by Youghiogheny River Lake 29.4 mi upstream, and by several smaller reservoirs above station. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.
REMARKS.--
| The 15-minute precipitation data for this station are temporary and will only be displayed for 60 days. Time series of 1-hour or cumulative daily values will NOT be available for retrieval following the 60-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. |
FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage provided to USGS April 1999 is 12 feet.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
This station managed by the Pittsburgh Field Office.
