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STATION.--03021520 FRENCH CREEK NEAR UNION CITY,
PA.
LOCATION.--Lat 41`54'28", long
79`53'49", Erie County, Hydrologic Unit 05010004.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1909 to S eptember 1991;
October 2005 to September 2009, discharge measurements only; 2010 to
current year, continuous discharge record.
DRAINAGE AREA.--221 square miles.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and heated tipping bucket
precipitation gage. Datum of gage is 1,191.16 ft above National
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite telemetry atstation.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this
station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh
District.
REMARKS.--Flood flow regulated since October 1971 by
Union City Reservoir, 0.9 miles upstream.