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[!] Over the next year, the USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center will be updating the geodetic vertical elevation (gage datum) for many locations. Click HERE for additional information including a current list of streamgages with upcoming datum changes. This update in gage datum does not affect the location of the streamgage, nor the observed local gage height or discharge recorded at the streamgage.



[!] ICE EFFECTS ON STREAMFLOW -- During cold weather, stage and discharge values may be affected by ice at some streamgages. Streamgages experiencing ice conditions will have the discharge record temporarily disabled to prevent the display of erroneous discharge values. Display of discharge record will resume when it is determined that ice conditions are no longer present. Adjustment of data affected by ice can only be done after detailed analysis.




USGS 01447780 Francis E. Walter Reservoir near White Haven, PA

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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STATION.--01447780 FRANCIS E. WALTER RESERVOIR
LOCATION.--Lat 41`06'45", long 75`43'15", Luzerne County, Hydrologic Unit 02040106, at dam on Lehigh River, 2,200 ft downstream from Bear Creek, and 5.0 mi northeast of White Haven
DRAINAGE AREA.--289 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--February 1961 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage, and weighing- bucket precipitation gage. Datum of gage is U.S. Army Corps of Engineers local project datum. Satellite and landline telemetry at station.
REMARKS.--Reservoir is formed by an earthfill embankment covered with a rock shell, with concrete spillway at elevation 1,450.0 ft. Storage began Feb. 17, 1961; reservoir first reached conservation pool in June 1961. Total capacity (elevation 1,450.0 ft) is 110,700 acre-ft of which 108,700 acre-ft is controlled storage above elevation 1,300.0 ft, (conservation pool). Dead storage is 2,000 acre-ft. Flow regulated by three gates and low-flow by-pass system. Reservoir is used for flood control and recreation.
COOPERATION.--Funding for this station provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District.
The 30-minute precipitation data for this station are temporary and will only be displayed for 120 days. Time series of 1-hour or cumulative daily values will NOT be available for retrieval following the 120-day display period. Although the instrumentation is calibrated at least once a year, the temporary classification means that documented routine inspections and other quality assurance measures are not performed that would make the data acceptable for archival, retrieval, or future use in general scientific or interpretive studies.
This station managed by the PAWSC Williamsport Field Office.

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