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USGS 03077500 Youghiogheny River at Youghiogheny River Dam, PA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 39°48'19",   Longitude 79°21'52"   NAD27
Somerset County, Pennsylvania, Hydrologic Unit 05020006
Drainage area: 436 square miles
Datum of gage: 1,309.7 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    2007-10-01  2025-10-30  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2005-08-17  2025-10-29  19074 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-04-01  2025-10-29  24683 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2005-08-17  2025-03-24 5874 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-04-01  2024-10-02 24292 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2005-08  2025-03  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940-04  2024-10  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2005  2025  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1940  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1940-04-20  2024-04-05  68 
 Field measurements 1919-07-30  2025-07-29  1004 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1965-10-28  2023-09-26  218 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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