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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 03031500 Allegheny River at Parker, PA

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Station gage imageSTATION.--03031500 ALLEGHENY RIVER AT PARKER, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 41`06'02", long 79`40'53", Armstrong County, Hydrologic Unit 05010006, on right bank 500 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 368 at Parker, 1.1 mi downstream from Clarion River, and at mile 83.4.
DRAINAGE AREA.--7,671 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1932 to current year. Prior to October 1963, published as "at Parkers Landing." Gage-height records collected at same site since 1885 are contained in reports of U.S. Weather Bureau.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and non-heated tipping bucket precipitation gage. Datum of gage is 844.77 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to Oct. 1, 1932, U.S. Weather Bureau gages at different datums. Oct. 1-28, 1932, non-recording gage at datum 27.00 ft lower. Prior to April 5, 2023, the datum of gage was erroneously reported as 845.14 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. 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 the U.S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated since 1924 by Piney Reservoir, since December 1940 by Tionesta Reservoir (station 03019500), since November 1949 by Chautauqua Lake, since June 1952 by East Branch Clarion River Lake (station 03027000), since October 1965 by Allegheny Reservoir (station 03012520), since July 1970 by Union City Reservoir (station 03021518), and since January 1974 by Woodcock Creek Lake (station 03022550).
The 15-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.

GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-13.9 ft; Flood stage-20 ft; Moderate flood stage-23 ft; Major flood stage-26 ft.
This station managed by the PAWSC Pittsburgh Field Office.

Available Parameters Period of Record
  
1932-10-01  2024-03-27







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