STATION.--01450500 AQUASHICOLA CREEK AT PALMERTON, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`48'22", long 75`35'54", Carbon County, Hydrologic Unit 02040106, on right bank 1,200 ft upstream from bridge on Sixth Street in Palmerton, and 1.2 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--76.7 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1939 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 388.205 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988, from GNSS RTN survey. Satellite 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.--Occasional diversion from Pohopoco Creek into Aquashicola Creek upstream from station.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.--
Supplied by USGS: Data transmitter operational limit - 14.0 ft;
Supplied by NWS: No flood stage has been determined for this station.