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STATION.--01569460 BIG SPRING CREEK AT BIG SPRING,
PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`07'46", long
77`24'27", Cumberland County, Hydrologic Unit 02050305, on
left bank, 100 ft upstream from bridge on SR 3007, at Big Spring.
DRAINAGE AREA.--undetermined. Most flow at station is
from a spring, to which the contributing recharge is unknown.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--November 2004 to current
year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and
water-quality monitor. Elevation of gage is 510 ft National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS--Abrupt temporary changes in gage height can
occur from the removal and replacement of wooden boards from the
I-beams in the concrete sluiceway upstream or by manmade alterations to
the control. Discharge may be influenced by nearby pumping.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Data transmitter operational limit -
10.7 ft;
Supplied by NWS: No flood stage has been determined
for this 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.
