STATION.--01472000 SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT POTTSTOWN, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`14'30", long 75`39'07", Montgomery County, Hydrologic Unit 02040203, on right bank 75 ft upstream from bridge on Hanover Street in Pottstown, and 0.3 mi downstream from Manatawny Creek.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1,147 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1927 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and heated tipping bucket precipitaiton gage. Datum of gage is 116.92 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1998. October 1927 to Nov. 22, 1928, non-recording gage, and Nov. 23, 1928, to Dec. 26, 1972, recording gage at site 100 ft downstream at same datum. Dec. 27, 1972, to May 10, 1974, non-recording gage 1.0 mi downstream at datum 2.83 lower. Prior to November 9, 2022, the datum of gage was reported as 117.86 ft above NGVD29.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Delaware River Basin Commission, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated by Blue Marsh Lake (station 01470870) since April 1979, by Still Creek Reservoir (station 01469200) since February 1933, and by Lake Ontelaunee.

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 USGS: Data transmitter operational limit: 25.0 ft;
Supplied by NWS: Action stage: 11 ft, sewers in Pottstown Area, due to high and backwater effects, begin to flood; Flood stage: 12.5 ft, portions of PA Rte 724 along Berks/Chester County line begin to flood; Moderate flood stage: 18 ft, additional roads in Pottstown begin to flood; Major flood stage: 22 ft, the Hanover Street bridge is closed.