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STATION.--01559000 JUNIATA RIVER AT HUNTINGDON, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`29'05", long
78`01'09", Huntingdon County, Hydrologic Unit 02050302, on
right bank 170 ft downstream from Smithfield Bridge on State Highway 26
at Huntingdon, and 0.8 mi upstream from Standing Stone Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--816 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1941 to current year.
Gage-height records collected in this vicinity for the period May 1895
to December 1938 are contained in reports of U.S. Weather Bureau. Prior
to October 1950, published as Frankstown Branch Juniata River at
Huntingdon.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and
heated tipping bucket precipitation gage. Datum of gage is 599.69 ft
above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
COOPERATION.---Station established and maintained by
the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Baltimore District, and the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Protection.
REMARKS.--Flow slightly regulated September 1941 to
June 1972. Since December 15, 1985 low flows slightly regulated by
Warrior Ridge Hydroelectric Plant, 4 mi upstream (reservoir capacity
400 acre-ft).
The 1-hour 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) - 23.9 ft; Data transmitter
operational limit - 23.9 ft;
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-9 ft; Flood stage-12 ft,
high water will begin to affect the Ames Plaza on the right bank or
south bank; Moderate flood stage-13 ft, several homes located outside
of the levee system will flood; Major flood stage-15 ft, a number of
homes outside the protective works and along Standing Stone Creek will
flood; backwater on Standing Stone Creek also affects the athletic
field.