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USGS 03034000 Mahoning Creek at Punxsutawney, PA

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Station gage imageSTATION.--03034000 MAHONING CREEK AT PUNXSUTAWNEY, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`56'21", long 79`00'31", Jefferson County, Hydrologic Unit 05010006, on right bank 75 ft downstream from Williams Run, 1.9 mi downstream from Sawmill Run, and 2 mi west of Punxsutawney.
DRAINAGE AREA.--158 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1938 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,205.5 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to Oct. 1, 1946, at site 2.9 mi upstream at datum 13.30 ft higher. Prior to November 2, 2023, the datum of gage was reported as 1206.14 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey. Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS.--Diurnal fluctuations at low flow by mine pumpage into stream above station.
This station managed by the PAWSC Pittsburgh Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2010-12-17  2024-11-21
1991-10-01  2024-11-21
2007-10-01  2024-11-21
2010-12-17  2024-11-21
2011-06-03  2024-11-01
2011-06-03  2024-11-01
2021-11-21  2024-11-21







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius

Most recent instantaneous value: 8.7 11-21-2024   06:45 EST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 174 11-21-2024   06:45 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 21 based on 86 water years of record more
Min
(1999)
25th
percen-
tile
Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 21
Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Max
(2004)
23.0 84 152 174 237 325 1320


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 1.84 11-21-2024   06:45 EST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius

Most recent instantaneous value: 398 11-21-2024   06:45 EST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 1207.34 11-21-2024   06:45 EST
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