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STATION.--01452500 MONOCACY CREEK AT BETHLEHEM,
PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`38'28", long
75`22'47", Northampton County, Hydrologic Unit 02040106, on
right bank 40 ft downstream from highway bridge at entrance to Monocacy
Park at Bethlehem, and 2.1 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--44.5 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1948 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage.
Concrete control since July 17,1969. Datum of gage is 247.24 ft above
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers). Prior to May 15, 1962, non-recording gage at site 40 ft
upstream at same datum. Recording gage at upstream site May 1962- Dec
1967. Recording gage at present location since Jan 1968. Satellite
telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by
the U.S. Geological Survey. Funding for the operation of this station
is provided by the Lehigh County Authority, the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Data transmitter operational
limit-17.0 ft;
Supplied by NWS: No flood stage has been determined
for this station.