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STATION.--03021350 FRENCH CREEK NEAR WATTSBURG,
PA
LOCATION.--Lat 42`00'55", long
79`46'58", Erie County, Hydrologic Unit 05010004, on right
bank at downstream side of bridge on Tanner Road, 1,200 ft east of
State Highway 74, 1.1 mi west of Pennsylvania-New York border, 1.5 mi
northeast of Wattsburg, and 2.4 mi above confluence with West Branch
French Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--92.0 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1974 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and Pluvio precipitation
gage. Datum of gage is 1,304.84 ft above National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929 (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers bench mark). 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.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-10 ft.
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. |