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STATION.--01573160 QUITTAPAHILLA CREEK NEAR
BELLEGROVE, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`20'33.4", long
76`33'42.8", Lebanon County, Hydrologic Unit, 02050305, on
upstream side of bridge over Quittapahilla Creek on Palmyra-Bellegrove
Road (SR 4008) , 0.7 mi Killinger Creek, 1.8 mi south of
Bellegrove.
DRAINAGE AREA.--74.2 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Non-recording gage, October 2002 to
September 2009. Continuous recording gage, October 1975 to September
1994, September 2012 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage.
Datum of gage is 361.88 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of
1929.
REMARKS.--Some regulation by Millard Quarry 0.7 mi
upstream. At a minimum groundwater seepage and some surface water is
pumped from the quarry into the stream. Cities of Lebanon, Annville,
and Palmyra effluent discharge enters the stream at various points
above the gage. Flows are not adjusted due to uncertainty of
figures.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by
the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.--
Supplied by USGS.-- Data transmitter operational
limit: 25.6 ft.
