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STATION.--03108000 RACCOON CREEK AT MOFFATTS MILL,
PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`37'40", long
80`20'16", Beaver County, Hydrologic Unit 05030101, on left
bank at downstream side of highway bridge at Moffatts Mill, 1.4 mi
downstream from Gums Run, 4 mi south of Vanport, and 4.2 mi upstream
from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--178 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 1941 to current year. May
1915 to July 1932 (gage heights and discharge measurements only) in
reports of Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania or Pennsylvania
Department of Forests and Waters.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 718.8 ft
above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. May 27, 1915 to July 31,
1932, and Sept. 2 to Dec. 3, 1941, non-recording gage at same site and
datum. Prior to February 7, 2024, the datum of gage was reported as
719.16 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 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
and the U.S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS.--Normally, no regulation from Raccoon Creek
Lake. Diversion out of the basin from Cherry Valley and Service Creek
Reservoirs upstream increased from an average of 4.0 ft3/s at the close
of 1957 to 6.8 ft3/s for the present year; diversion began with 2.0
ft3/s for September 1957. Published records do not include
diversion.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-10.4 ft; Flood stage-13
ft.