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STATION.--01576754 CONESTOGA RIVER AT CONESTOGA,
PA
LOCATION.--Lat 39`56'47", long
76`22'05", Lancaster County, Hydrologic Unit 02050306, on left
bank on SR 3030, 1,500 ft downstream from Little Conestoga Creek, 1.0
mi west of Conestoga, and 2.6 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--470 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1984 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage.
Datum of gage is 180.45 ft above National Geodetic Vertical datum of
1929, from survey.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this
station is provided by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission.
REMARKS.--Slight regulation by small mills
upstream.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Maximum recordable gage height:
stage sensor and data transmitter operational limit - 18.7 ft;
Supplied by NWS: No flood stage has been determined
for this station.