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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.




USGS 01472162 Schuylkill River at Phoenixville, PA

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 40°08'07",   Longitude 75°30'32"   NAD27
Chester County, Pennsylvania, Hydrologic Unit 02040203
Drainage area: 1,280 square miles
Datum of gage: 0.00 feet above   NGVD29.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Peak streamflow 1971-02-14  2004-09-19  30 
 Field measurements 1975-09-25  2003-09-15  10 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1978-12-28  1979-11-14  2 
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