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00060 Discharge(Mean)  

Water year 2024: 2024-10-01 to 2025-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
03024000 FRENCH CREEK AT UTICA, PA
LOCATION - Lat 41°26'15", long 79°57'22" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Venango County, PA, Hydrologic Unit 05010004, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on SR 3017 at Utica and 2,000 ft upstream from Mill Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,028 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 743: Drainage area. WSP 823: 1936 (M). WSP 1275: 1933, 1936.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - August 1932 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 1,018.8 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.  Prior to Nov 27, 1933, non-recording gage at site 120 ft upstream and at same datum. Nov 27, 1933 to Nov 29, 2001, water-stage recorder at same site and datum. Prior to April 4, 2023, the datum of gage was reported as 1,019.44 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (from benchmark). Satellite 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, and U.S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS -

Flow regulated since July 1970 by Union City Reservoir (station 03021518) 50 mi upstream, serving as a retarding basin and since January 1974 by Woodcock Creek Lake (station 03022550), 25 mi upstream. Records are good except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum stage since at least 1912, 15.7 ft in Mar 1913, discharge about 36,000 ft³/s.