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STATION.--01442500 BRODHEAD CREEK AT MINISINK HILLS,
PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`59'55", long
75`08'35", Monroe County, Hydrologic Unit 02040104, on left
bank at Minisink Hills, 500 ft upstream from Marshall Creek, 0.8 mi
upstream from mouth, and 3.0 mi southeast of East Stroudsburg.
DRAINAGE AREA.--259 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--November 1950 to current
year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage.
Datum of gage is 301.25 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
Prior to Aug. 19, 1955, water-stage recorder, and Aug. 23 to Nov. 24,
1955, nonrecording gage at site about 1,300 ft upstream at datum 2.19
ft higher. Nov. 25, 1955 to July 24, 1956, nonrecording gage at site 40
ft upstream at present datum. Satellite telemetry at station. Prior to
November 10, 2022, the datum of gage was reported as 301.84 ft above
National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
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
and the U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Data transmitter operational limit -
31 ft;
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-8 ft; Flood stage-10 ft;
Moderate flood stage-12 ft; Major flood stage-15 ft.
