STATION.--03082500 YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER AT CONNELLSVILLE, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`01'03", long 79`35'38", Fayette County, Hydrologic Unit 05020006, on left bank at downstream side of Crawford Avenue bridge at Connellsville, 1.2 mi upstream from Mounts Creek, and at mile 44.0.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,326 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1908 to current year. Monthly discharge only for some periods, published in WSP 1305.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 859.52 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to Aug. 15, 1928, non-recording gage, and Aug. 15, 1928 to July 7, 1958, water-stage recorder at same site and datum. July 8, 1958 to Sept. 8, 1959, non-recording gage at site 0.4 mi downstream at different datum. Prior to January 4, 2024, the datum of gage was reported as 860.13 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Station esablished and maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey. Funding for the operation of this station is provided by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated since 1925 by Deep Creek Reservoir, since 1943 by Youghiogheny River Lake 29.4 mi upstream, and by several smaller reservoirs above station.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-9 ft; Flood stage-12 ft; Moderate flood stage-16 ft; Major flood stage-18 ft.