USGS 01575500 Codorus Creek near York, PA

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Station gage imageSTATION.--01575500 CODORUS CREEK NEAR YORK, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 39`56'46", long 76`45'20", York County, Hydrologic Unit 02050306, on left bank 0.5 mi upstream from bridge on Richland Avenue (SR 3054), 2.0 mi downstream from South Branch Codorus Creek, and 2.0 mi southwest of York.
DRAINAGE AREA.--222 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1940 to current year. October 1915 to August 1923, and August 1926 to September 1932 (gage heights and discharge measurements only), in reports of Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters. Published as "at York" 1915-32.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 356.39 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). Prior to Sept. 30, 1932, non-recording gage at site 1.6 mi downstream at different datum. Satellite and landline telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Records of diversion provided by York Water Co. from 1940 to 1996. Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District.
REMARKS.--Daily discharge not available Oct 1997 - Sept 2018. Major regulation from mills and a pumping plant upstream. Flood flows regulated by Indian Rock Dam. Municipal diversions for City of York at pumping station on South Branch.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Data transmitter operational limit: 25.4 ft.
Supplied by NWS: No flood stage has been determined for this station.
This station managed by the PAWSC New Cumberland Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1985-10-02  2024-03-28
2007-10-01  2024-03-28







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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 311 03-28-2024   17:00 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Mar 28 based on 61 water years of record more
Min
(1966)
25th
percen-
tile
Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Mar 28
Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Max
(1994)
89.0 178 289 311 438 443 2560


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 3.07 03-28-2024   17:00 EDT
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