STATION.--03081000 YOUGHIOGHENY RIVER BELOW CONFLUENCE, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 39`49'39", long 79`22'22", Fayette County, Hydrologic Unit 05020006, on left bank 1.0 mi downstream from Casselman River, 1.5 mi northwest of Confluence, and at mile 72.0.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,029 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1940 to current year. Monthly discharge only for June 1940, published in WSP 1305.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 1,302.3 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to January 4, 2024, the datum of gage was reported as 1,302.77 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated since 1925 by Deep Creek Reservoir and since 1943 by Youghiogheny River Lake 1.7 mi upstream.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-7 ft; Flood stage-12 ft; Moderate flood stage-14 ft; Major flood stage-17 ft.