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Water-Year Summary for Site 01472104

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[!] Over the next year, the USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center will be updating the geodetic vertical elevation (gage datum) for many locations. Click HERE for additional information including a current list of streamgages with upcoming datum changes. This update in gage datum does not affect the location of the streamgage, nor the observed local gage height or discharge recorded at the streamgage.


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00010 Temperature, water(Max.,Min.,Mean)  
00300 Dissolved oxygen(Max.,Min.,Mean)  

Water year 2023: 2022-10-01 to 2023-09-30
 
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USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
01472104 SCHUYLKILL RIVER AT VINCENT DAM AT LINFIELD, PA
LOCATION - Lat 40°12'22", long 75°33'57" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Montgomery County, PA, Hydrologic Unit 02040203, on left bank 100 ft upstream from Vincent Dam, and 0.3 mi south of Linfield.
DRAINAGE AREA - 1,189 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - Water years 1986 to 2017.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: January 1986 to September 1990. WATER TEMPERATURE: September 1989 to October 2017. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: January 1986 to September 1990; March 1997 to October 2017.
INSTRUMENTATION - Water-quality monitor January 1986 to September 1990, March 1997 to October 6 2017. In situ water temperature probe October 1990 to September 2008; July 2010 to October 6, 2017. Probes interfaced with a data collection platform.
REMARKS - Data collection suspended November through March. Other interruptions in the record were due to sedimentation and instrument malfunctions. Records for water year 2014 water temperature are good; Records for water year 2014 dissolved oxygen are good except for period May 1 - 6, which is poor. Records for water year 2015 water temperature are good; Records for water year 2015 dissolved oxygen are good except for periods Apr 20-23 and June 1-5, which is poor. Records for water year 2016 water temperature are good; Records for water year 2016 dissolved oxygen are good except for period April 22-27, which is poor.  Records of Water Temperature for WY2017 are considered good.  Records of Dissolved Oxygen are considered good, with the exception of Apr14-24, which are considered poor, and Jun24-Sept30, which are considered fair.  
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 752 microsiemens, Sep 15, 1989; minimum, 118 microsiemens, Sep 15, 1987. WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 34.0°C, Jul 22, 2011; minimum, 0.0°C, many days during winters. DISSOLVED OXYGEN: Maximum, 19.6 mg/L, Mar 24, 1988; minimum, 0.8 mg/L, Jul 26, 1986.