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USGS 01451630 Cedar Creek at Mouth near Allentown, PA

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Station gage imageSTATION.--01451630 CEDAR CREEK AT MOUTH NEAR ALLENTOWN, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`35'15", long 75`29'48", Lehigh County, Hydrologic Unit 02040106, on right bank, 200 ft upstream of Martin Luther King Jr Drive, 2000 ft upstream of confluence with Little Lehigh Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--14.5 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 2020 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and water-quality monitor. Datum of gage is 257.6 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Satellite telemetry at station. Prior to November 7, 2022, the datum of gage was erroneously reported as 258 ft above NAVD88.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey. Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Maximum recordable gage height (stage sensor operational limit): 10.10 ft; Minimum recordable gage height (orifice): 0.37 ft.
This station managed by the PAWSC New Cumberland Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2020-01-16  2024-10-06
2020-01-16  2024-10-06
2020-01-16  2024-10-06
2020-01-16  2024-10-06
2021-10-05  2024-10-06







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius

Most recent instantaneous value: 13.9 10-06-2024   06:30 EDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 11.9 10-06-2024   05:30 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 6 based on 4 water years of record more
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 6
Min
(2021)
25th
percen-
tile
Mean Median 75th
percen-
tile
Max
(2023)
11.9 16.1 17 19 19 20 20.8


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 0.93 10-06-2024   06:30 EDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius

Most recent instantaneous value: 768 10-06-2024   06:30 EDT
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 258.53 10-06-2024   05:30 EDT
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