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STATION.--03081000 YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER BELOW
CONFLUENCE, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 39`49'39", long
79`22'22", Fayette County, Hydrologic Unit 05020006, on left
bank 1.0 mi downstream from Casselman River, 1.5 mi northwest of
Confluence, and at mile 72.0.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,029 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1940 to current year. Monthly
discharge only for June 1940, published in WSP 1305.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,302.77
ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite telemetry
at station.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this
station is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection and the U.S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated since 1925 by Deep Creek
Reservoir and since 1943 by Youghiogheny River Lake 1.7 mi
upstream.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-7 ft; Flood stage-12 ft;
Moderate flood stage-14 ft; Major flood stage-17 ft.