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USGS 01469500 Little Schuylkill River at Tamaqua, PA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 40°48'25",   Longitude 75°58'20"   NAD27
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, Hydrologic Unit 02040203
Drainage area: 42.9 square miles
Datum of gage: 816.82 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1986-10-01  2025-11-08  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1919-10-01  2025-11-07  38755 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1919-10-01  2025-01-07 38451 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1919-10  2025-01  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1920  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1920-03-13  2023-12-18  105 
 Field measurements 1916-06-23  2025-08-29  960 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1959-10-22  1978-09-27  9 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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