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STATION.--01449790 BELTZVILLE LAKE
LOCATION.--Lat 40`50'56", long
75`38'19", Carbon County, Hydrologic Unit 02040106, at dam on
Pohopoco Creek, 0.4 mi upstream from gaging station on Pohopoco Creek,
0.6 mi upstream from Sawmill Run, and 2.3 mi northeast of
Parryville.
DRAINAGE AREA.--96.3 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--February 1971 to current
year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder (U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers datum) and heated tipping bucket precipitation gage.
REMARKS.--Reservoir is formed by earth and rockfill
dam with ungated, partially lined spillway at an elevation of 651.00
ft. Storage began Feb. 8, 1971. Capacity at elevation 651.00 ft is
68,300 acre-ft. Ordinary minimum contents (conservation) pool elevation
is 628.00 ft, capacity, 41,250 acre-ft. Dead storage is 1,390 acre-ft.
Lake is used for recreation, flood control, low-flow augmentation, and
water supply. Regulation is accomplished by a multi-level water-quality
outlet system, and two flood-control gates.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this
station provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia
District.
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. |