STATION.--01452500 MONOCACY CREEK AT BETHLEHEM, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`38'28", long 75`22'47", Northampton County, Hydrologic Unit 02040106, on right bank 40 ft downstream from highway bridge at entrance to Monocacy Park at Bethlehem, and 2.1 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--44.5 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1948 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Concrete control since July 17,1969. Datum of gage is 246.54 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to November 8, 2022, the datum of gage was reported as 247.24 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (levels by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers). Prior to May 15, 1962, non-recording gage at site 40 ft upstream at same datum. Recording gage at upstream site May 1962- Dec 1967. Recording gage at present location since Jan 1968. 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 Lehigh County Authority, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS.--Some regulation by a mill upstream since 1954.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Data transmitter operational limit-17.4 ft;
Supplied by NWS: No flood stage has been determined for this station.