USGS Current Conditions for USGS 03031500 Allegheny River at Parker, PA

USGS 03031500 Allegheny River at Parker, PA

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STATION.--03031500 ALLEGHENY RIVER AT PARKER, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 41`06'02", long 79`40'53", Armstrong County, Hydrologic Unit 05010006, on right bank 500 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 368 at Parker, 1.1 mi downstream from Clarion River, and at mile 83.4.
DRAINAGE AREA.--7,671 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1932 to current year. Prior to October 1963, published as "at Parkers Landing." Gage-height records collected at same site since 1885 are contained in reports of U.S. Weather Bureau.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 845.14 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Oct. 1, 1932, U.S. Weather Bureau gages at different datums. Oct. 1-28, 1932, nonrecording gage at datum 27.00 ft lower.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated since 1965 by Allegheny Reservoir, since 1949 by Chautauqua Lake, since 1941 by Tionesta Lake, since 1971 by Union City Reservoir, since 1974 by Woodcock Creek Lake, since 1952 by East Branch Clarion River Lake, and since 1924 by Piney Reservoir. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite telemeter at station.

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.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Mar. 17, 1865 reached a stage of 29.4 ft, present datum, discharge, 250,000 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 137,000 ft3/s.
FLOOD STAGE.--NOAA, National Weather Service river forecast station flood stage provided to USGS April 1999 is 20 feet.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and the U.S. Geological Survey. This station managed by the Pittsburgh Field Office.

Available Parameters	Available Period
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00065 Gage height	2013-01-21	2013-05-21
00060 Discharge	2007-10-01	2013-05-21

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Most recent instantaneous value: 5,950 05-21-2013 20:00 EDT

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**Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 21 based on 80 years of record more**
Min (1934)	Most Recent Instantaneous Value May 21	25th percen- tile	Median	Mean	75th percen- tile	Max (2002)
2600	5950	6960	14500	16200	23700	46600

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