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DESCRIPTION:

Latitude 40°03'00",   Longitude 76°16'39"   NAD27

Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, Hydrologic Unit 02050306

Drainage area: 324 square miles

Datum of gage: 245.63 feet above   NGVD29.

AVAILABLE DATA:

Data Type	Begin Date	End Date	Count
Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)	2007-10-01	2026-01-21
Daily Data
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius	1947-10-01	1975-09-29	5438
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1928-10-01	2026-01-20	35234
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius	1947-10-01	1975-09-29	3708
Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter	1962-01-26	1975-09-29	779
Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day	1962-01-26	1975-09-29	779
Daily Statistics
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1928-10-01	2025-06-29	35032
Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter	1962-01-26	1975-09-29	779
Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day	1962-01-26	1975-09-29	779
Monthly Statistics
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1928-10	2025-06
Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter	1962-01	1975-09
Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day	1962-01	1975-09
Annual Statistics
Discharge, cubic feet per second	1929	2025
Suspended sediment concentration, milligrams per liter	1962	1975
Suspended sediment discharge, short tons per day	1962	1975
Peak streamflow	1929-02-27	2023-12-18	96
Field measurements	1928-10-15	2025-12-04	850
Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP)	1925-09-23	1977-09-21	509
Water-Year Summary	2006	2024	19
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