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STATION.--01538700 SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT BLOOMSBURG,
PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`59'38", long
76`26'25", Columbia County, Hydrologic Unit 02050107, on right
bank 50 ft upstream from SR 487 bridge, at Bloomsburg.
DRAINAGE AREA.--10,560 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- March 1995 to March 1997 (operated
as a crest-stage gage, partial-record station, annual maximum only);
April 1997 to September 2010, stage only, not published; October 2010
to September 2014, stage discharge, measurements only published.
October 2014 to present, continuous discharge site.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage.
Datum of gage is 451.37 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of
1929. Satellite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by
the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Protection and the City of
Bloomsburg.
REMARKS.--Prior to 1995, data at this station were
provided by outside sources.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-16 ft; Flood stage-19
ft; Moderate flood stage-22 ft; Major flood stage-28 ft.