STATION.--01543500 SINNEMAHONING CREEK AT SINNEMAHONING, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 41`19'02", long 78`06'12", Cameron County, Hydrologic Unit 02050202, on left bank 0.2 mi upstream from Grove Run, and 0.7 mi upstream from Penn Central Railroad bridge at Sinnemahoning.
DRAINAGE AREA.--685 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1938 to current year. Prior to October 1938 monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1302.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 769.36 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite and landline 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.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Maximum recordable gage height (stage sensor operational limit) - 29.3 ft; Data transmitter operational limit - 29.3 ft;
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-13 ft: Flood stage-17 ft, the right, or south bank overflows across from the mouth of the First Fork of the Sinnemahoning; Moderate flood stage-19 ft, several homes on the right, or south bank across from the mouth are affected; water level approaches Route 120 near mouth of the First Fork; Major flood stage-21 ft, both banks overflow; a number of homes on both banks are affected; Route 120 is inundated.