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STATION.--01469500 LITTLE SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT
TAMAQUA, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`48'25", long
75`58'20", Schuylkill County, Hydrologic Unit 02040203, on
left bank along State Route 309, 0.6 mi upstream from Tamaqua, and 0.8
mi upstream from Panther Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--42.9 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1919 to current year. June
1916 to September 1919, gage heights and discharge measurements only,
in reports of Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage,
weighing bucket precipitation gage, and concrete control. Datum of gage
is 816.82 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to June
21, 1929, non-recording gage at site 3,600 ft downstream at datum 28.64
ft lower. Prior to February 14, 2024, the datum of gage was reported as
817.48 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. 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 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection,
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, and the U.S.
Geological Survey.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated by Still Creek Reservoir
(station 01469200) 6.5 mi upstream.
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. |
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Maximum recordable gage height
(stage sensor operational limit) - 19.0 ft; Data transmitter
operational limit - 20.4 ft;
Supplied by NWS: No flood stage has been determined
for this station.