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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01534860 LACKAWANNA RIVER BELOW LEGGETTS CREEK AT SCRANTON, PA
LOCATION - Lat 41°26'28", long 75°38'33" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Lackawanna County, PA, Hydrologic Unit 02050107, on right bank, 20 ft upstream from Parker Street Bridge at Scranton, 0.25 mi downstream from Leggetts Creek and 14.1 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 174 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water year 1999 to 2008 (miscellaneous measurements), October 2008 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 708.59 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.
REMARKS - Regulation at low flow by mine pumping upstream. Flow regulated by Stillwater Dam (station 01534180) about 25 mi upstream and since 1970 by Aylesworth Lake (station 01534490) about 9.4 mi upstream. Records are good except those for estimated discharge, which are poor.
