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STATION.--01519200 COWANESQUE RIVER AT ELKLAND,
PA
LOCATION.--Lat 41`59'15", long
77`18'09", Tioga County, Hydrologic Unit 02050104, at
single-span steel-truss bridge on State Highway 49 at Elkland.
DRAINAGE AREA.--235 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Water years 1980 to current
year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and
weighing bucket precipitation gage. Datum of gage is 1099.52 ft above
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (from benchmark). Prior to March
13, 2024, the datum of gage was reported as 1100.00 ft above National
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this
station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore
District.
REMARKS.--Daily discharge not available prior to Oct
1, 2018.
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 USGS: Data transmitter operational limit -
38.0 ft; Top of levee at 35 ft.
Supplied by NWS: No flood stage has been determined
for this station.