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USGS 01453000 Lehigh River at Bethlehem, PA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 40°36'55",   Longitude 75°22'45"   NAD27
Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Hydrologic Unit 02040106
Drainage area: 1,279 square miles
Datum of gage: 210.26 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1986-10-01  2025-10-19  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1902-10-01  2025-10-17  43116 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1902-10-01  2025-06-30 43007 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1902-10  2025-06  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1903  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1902-02-28  2024-01-10  119 
 Field measurements 1902-09-22  2025-08-27  877 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1958-10-15  2018-10-09  134 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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