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STATION.--01556000 FRANKSTOWN BRANCH JUNIATA RIVER
AT WILLIAMSBURG, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`27'47", long
78`12'00", Blair County, Hydrologic Unit 02050302, on left
bank 10 ft downstream from highway bridge on SR 2015 at Williamsburg,
and 2.5 mi upstream from Clover Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--291 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1916 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and
Pluvio precipitation gage. Datum of gage is 831.78 ft above National
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (Penn Central Railroad bench mark).
Prior to Aug. 14, 1928, non-recording gage at same site and
datum.
REMARKS.--There is some regulation at low stage from
mill operation. Canoe Creek Lake can influence flow, but any changes
they make are rare/intermittant and are usually the result of the state
park neeeding to perform maintenance on the dam.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by
the U.S. Geological Survey. Funding for the operation of this station
is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
and the U. S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS.--
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: Data transmitter operational limit -
21.5 ft;
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-9 ft; Flood stage-12 ft;
Moderate flood stage-13 ft; Major flood stage-15 ft.