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USGS 03036000 Mahoning Creek at Mahoning Creek Dam, PA

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STATION.--03036000 MAHONING CREEK AT MAHONING CREEK DAM, PA.
LOCATION.--Lat 40`55'39", long 79`17'29", Armstrong County, Hydrologic Unit 05010006.
DRAINAGE AREA.--344 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1938 to January 1941 (non-recording gage), February 1941 to September 1991, October 2004 to September 2009 (discharge measurements only), October 2009 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Elevation of gage is 1,002.2 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to November 2, 2023, the datum of gage was erroneously reported as 1,003.39 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, and Mahoning Creek Hydroelectric Company, LLC.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated since 1941 by Mahoning Creek Reservoir (station 03035500), 0.9 mi upstream.
This station managed by the PAWSC Pittsburgh Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2008-10-01  2025-02-02
2008-09-25  2025-02-02
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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.1 02-02-2025   06:15 EST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 201 02-02-2025   05:45 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Feb 2 based on 66 water years of record more
Min
(1977)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Feb 2		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2024)
75.0 201 268 500 687 913 3870

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.36 02-02-2025   05:45 EST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 348 02-02-2025   06:15 EST
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
Most recent instantaneous value: 14.3 02-02-2025   06:15 EST
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
Most recent instantaneous value: 7.5 02-02-2025   06:15 EST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 1004.56 02-02-2025   05:45 EST
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