STATION.--01447720 TOBYHANNA CREEK NEAR BLAKESLEE, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 41`05'05", long 75`36'21", Carbon County, Hydrologic Unit 02040106, on left bank 50 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 940, 500 ft downstream from Shingle Mill Run, and 1.5 mi southwest of Blakeslee.
DRAINAGE AREA.--118 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1961 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, water-quality monitor, and weighing-bucket precipitation gage. Datum of gage is 1510.74 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 from benchmark. Prior to Jan. 16, 1962, non-recording gage at site 50 ft upstream at same datum. Prior to June 24, 2024, the datum of gage was reported as 1511.23 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite and landline telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
REMARKS.--

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: Maximum recordable gage height (stage sensor operational limit) - 21.0 ft; Data transmitter operational limit - 22.5 ft;
Supplied by NWS: No flood stage has been determined for this station.