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STATION.--01472198 PERKIOMEN CREEK AT EAST
GREENVILLE, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`23'38", long
75`30'57", Montgomery County, Hydrologic Unit 02040203, on
right bank 100 ft upstream from bridge on Church Road, 0.9 mi upstream
from Molasses Creek, and 1.0 mi southwest of East Greenville.
DRAINAGE AREA.--38.0 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1981 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and
concrete control. Datum of gage is 288.50 ft above National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite and land-line telemetry at
station.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this
station is provided by the Delaware River Basin Commission.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Maximum recordable gage height
(stage sensor operational limit) - 18.5 ft; Data transmitter
operational limit - 22.1 ft;
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-3 ft; Flood stage-4 ft,
at 4.25 ft, Water Street is closed between Rte 29 and State Street;
Moderate flood stage-7 ft; Major flood stage-9 ft.