STATION.--03024000 FRENCH CREEK AT UTICA, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 41`26'15", long 79`57'22", Venango County, Hydrologic Unit 05010004, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on SR 3017 at Utica and 2,000 ft upstream from Mill Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,028 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1932 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,018.8 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Nov 27, 1933, non-recording gage at site 120 ft upstream and at same datum. Nov 27, 1933 to Nov 29, 2001, water-stage recorder at same site and datum. Prior to April 4, 2023 the datum of gage was reported as 1,019.44 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated since 1971 by Union City Reservoir 50 mi upstream, serving as a retarding basin, and since January 1974 by Woodcock Creek Lake, 25 mi upstream.