STATION.--01531500 SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT TOWANDA, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 41`45'55", long
76`26'28", Bradford County, Hydrologic Unit 02050106, on right
bank at Bridge Street in Towanda, and 1.8 mi upstream from Towanda
Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--7,797 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1913 to current year.
Gage-height records collected at same site from October 1892 to
September 1913 are contained in reports of U.S. Weather Bureau.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 694.38
ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Oct. 18,
1938, non-recording gage at same site and datum. 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.
REMARKS.--Flow slightly regulated by 7 flood-control
reservoirs which have a combined capacity of 356,800 acre-ft.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.--
Supplied by USGS: Maximum recordable gage height
(stage sensor operational limit) - 34.1 ft; Data transmitter
operational limit - 35.5 ft;
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-14 ft; Flood stage-16
ft, minor field flooding from both banks up and downstream of Towanda;
Moderate flood stage-18 ft, basement flooding begins in the flats area
near airport; Major flood stage-25.1 ft, the homes in the flats area of
Towanda are inundated. Major flood damage begins.
