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USGS 01439500 Bush Kill at Shoemakers, PA

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Station gage imageSTATION.--01439500 BUSH KILL AT SHOEMAKERS, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 41`05'17", long 75`02'17", Monroe County, Hydrologic Unit 02040104, on right bank 30 ft downstream from highway bridge, 0.1 mi downstream from Saw Creek, 0.7 mi northwest of Shoemakers, and 2.0 mi southwest of Bushkill.
DRAINAGE AREA.--117 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1908 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1302. Prior to October 1928, published as Bushkill Creek near Shoemakers; October 1928 to September 1952, published as Bushkill Creek at Shoemakers.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 420.4 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 from GNSS survey. Sept. 19, 1908, to Aug. 12, 1938, non-recording gage, and Aug. 13, 1938, to June 20, 1956, water-stage recorder at site 50 ft upstream at same datum. Prior to July 7, 2023, the datum of gage was reported as 421.13 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 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Maximum recordable gage height (stage sensor operational limit) - 16.6 ft; Data transmitter operational limit - 17.6 ft;
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-5 ft; Flood stage-6 ft; Moderate flood stage-7 ft; Major flood stage-8 ft.
This station managed by the PAWSC Williamsport Field Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2019-11-20  2024-10-16
1990-10-01  2024-12-11
2007-10-01  2024-12-11
2019-11-20  2024-10-16
2021-01-01  2024-12-11







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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 344 12-11-2024   20:45 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Dec 11 based on 116 water years of record more
Min
(1923)
25th
percen-
tile
Median Mean Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Dec 11
75th
percen-
tile
Max
(1953)
24.0 118 227 312 344 346 2940


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 2.53 12-11-2024   20:45 EST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 422.93 12-11-2024   20:45 EST
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