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USGS 01576754 Conestoga River at Conestoga, PA

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Station gage imageSTATION.--01576754 CONESTOGA RIVER AT CONESTOGA, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 39`56'47", long 76`22'05", Lancaster County, Hydrologic Unit 02050306, on left bank on SR 3030, 1,500 ft downstream from Little Conestoga Creek, 1.0 mi west of Conestoga, and 2.6 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--470 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1984 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 180.45 ft above National Geodetic Vertical datum of 1929, from survey.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission.
REMARKS.--Slight regulation by small mills upstream.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Maximum recordable gage height: stage sensor and data transmitter operational limit - 18.7 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
  
1984-11-28  2026-05-29
2007-10-01  2026-05-29







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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 263 05-29-2026   16:30 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 29 based on 41 water years of record more
Min
(1999)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value May 29		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2025)
220 263 399 494 599 778 1670

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.58 05-29-2026   16:30 EDT
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