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Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30

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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

01543000 DRIFTWOOD BRANCH SINNEMAHONING CREEK AT STERLING RUN, PA

LOCATION - Lat 41°24'48", long 78°11'50" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Cameron County, PA, Hydrologic Unit 02050202, on left bank at downstream side of highway bridge on SR 3002 at village of Sterling Run, and 300 ft upstream from Sterling Run.

DRAINAGE AREA - 272 mi².

REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 1272: Drainage area. WSP 1502: 1933(M), 1934-38, 1939(M).

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1913 to current year.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 894.84 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Oct. 1, 1913 to Sept. 30, 1931: non-recording gage; Oct. 1, 1931 to Sept. 30, 1932 and Oct. 1, 1942 to Oct. 3, 1991: water-stage recorder at site 50 feet upstream on steel-truss bridge at same datum. Satellite and landline 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 U.S. Geological Survey.

REMARKS - Records are good except those for estimated discharge, which are poor.

WATER-QUALITY RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - April 2002 to current year.

COOPERATION - Water-quality samples were collected as part of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Water-Quality Network (WQN) with cooperation from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.

REMARKS - As of October 2013, results from discrete water quality samples collected at this site are available through the U.S. Geological Survey National Water Information System web interface on the "Water Quality for the Nation" webpage. Analyses for pH, water temperature, specific conductance, and dissolved oxygen were performed on site. All other sample analyses were performed at the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection laboratory in Harrisburg, Pa. Occasionally, values for filtered parameters may exceed values for the corresponding unfiltered parameter. These results are within the limits of analytical precision and methods.