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USGS 01536000 Lackawanna River at Old Forge, PA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 41°21'33",   Longitude 75°44'41"   NAD27
Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Hydrologic Unit 02050107
Drainage area: 332 square miles
Datum of gage: 594.61 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1985-10-01  2025-11-09  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1948-10-01  1951-09-29  1062 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-10-01  2025-11-08  31816 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-10-01  2025-06-17 31672 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-10  2025-06  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1939-02-15  2023-12-18  86 
 Field measurements 1938-10-20  2025-06-18  753 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1928-10-26  2023-09-11  579 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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