Lackawanna River near Forest City, PA - 01534300

The geodetic vertical elevation (gage datum) for this gage will be updated on 6/1/2025. See https://www.usgs.gov/centers/pennsylvania-water-science-center/updating-pennsylvania-streamgage-datums for more information.

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Gage height, feet

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Latest value

2.04 ft

Provisional

Apr 21, 2025

03:00:00 AM EDT

Selected

2.04 ft

Provisional

Apr 21, 2025

03:00:00 AM EDT

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Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-04-21T03:00:00.000-04:00	2.04	Provisional
2025-04-21T02:45:00.000-04:00	2.04	Provisional
2025-04-21T02:30:00.000-04:00	2.04	Provisional
2025-04-21T02:15:00.000-04:00	2.04	Provisional
2025-04-21T02:00:00.000-04:00	2.04	Provisional
2025-04-21T01:45:00.000-04:00	2.04	Provisional
2025-04-21T01:30:00.000-04:00	2.04	Provisional
2025-04-21T01:15:00.000-04:00	2.04	Provisional
2025-04-21T01:00:00.000-04:00	2.04	Provisional
2025-04-21T00:45:00.000-04:00	2.04	Provisional
2025-04-21T00:30:00.000-04:00	2.04	Provisional
2025-04-21T00:15:00.000-04:00	2.04	Provisional
2025-04-21T00:00:00.000-04:00	2.04	Provisional
2025-04-20T23:45:00.000-04:00	2.04	Provisional
2025-04-20T23:30:00.000-04:00	2.04	Provisional
2025-04-20T23:15:00.000-04:00	2.04	Provisional

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2 data types available - data from 1986-10-01 to 2025-04-21

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2007-10-01 - 2025-04-21

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Discharge, cubic feet per second

1986-10-01 - 2025-04-21

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Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01534300	_n/a
Site name	Lackawanna River near Forest City, PA	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	414047	_n/a
DMS longitude	0752820	_n/a
Decimal latitude	41.67980547	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-75.47184988	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1927	NAD27
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Pennsylvania	42
State	Pennsylvania	42
County	Susquehanna County	115
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map		_n/a
Scale of location map		_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	1551.28 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	.01 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929	NGVD29
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Upper Susquehanna-Lackawanna	02050107
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YYNNYNNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	38.8 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	EST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	NNNNNNNN	_n/a
National aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer		_n/a
Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
Project number		_n/a

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