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USGS 01573560 Swatara Creek near Hershey, PA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 40°17'54",   Longitude 76°40'05"   NAD27
Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Hydrologic Unit 02050305
Drainage area: 483 square miles
Datum of gage: 325.94 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1985-10-01  2025-11-01  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1975-10-01  2025-10-31  18294 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1975-10-01  2025-06-29 18170 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1975-10  2025-06  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1976  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1975-09-27  2023-12-19  50 
 Field measurements 1975-09-24  2025-08-11  417 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1984-10-22  2019-09-10  302 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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