STATION.--01538700 SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT BLOOMSBURG, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`59'38", long 76`26'25", Columbia County, Hydrologic Unit 02050107, on right bank 50 ft upstream from SR 487 bridge, at Bloomsburg.
DRAINAGE AREA.--10,560 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.-- March 1995 to March 1997 (operated as a crest-stage gage, partial-record station, annual maximum only); April 1997 to September 2010, stage only, not published; October 2010 to September 2014, stage discharge, measurements only published. October 2014 to present, continuous discharge site.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 450.64 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to October 3, 2023, the datum of gage was reported as 451.37 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 . Satellite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the City of Bloomsburg.
REMARKS.--Prior to 1995, data at this station were provided by outside sources.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-16 ft; Flood stage-19 ft; Moderate flood stage-22 ft; Major flood stage-28 ft.