STATION.--03023100 FRENCH CREEK AT MEADVILLE, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 41`37'57", long 80`09'35", Crawford County, Hydrologic Unit 05010004, on left bank 30 ft upstream from bridge on Mercer Street at Meadville, 300 ft downstream from Mill Run, 2,600 ft downstream from Cussewago Creek, and at mile 30.5.
DRAINAGE AREA.--788 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1988 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and non-heated tipping bucket precipitation gage. Datum of gage is 1,058.26 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to January 4, 2023 the gage datum was reported as 1,058.83 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). Prior to October 27, 1989, water-stage recorder at site 2,300 ft upstream at different datum. 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated since October 1971 by Union City Reservoir 43 mi upstream, serving as a retarding basin, and since January 1971 by Woodcock Creek Lake 9.0 mi upstream.

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 NWS: Action stage-11 ft; Flood stage-14 ft; Moderate flood stage-16 ft; Major flood stage-17 ft.