USGS 01574000 West Conewago Creek near Manchester, PA

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Station gage imageSTATION.--01574000 WEST CONEWAGO CREEK NEAR MANCHESTER, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`04'56", long 76`43'13", York County, Hydrologic Unit 02050306, on left bank 500 ft upstream from bridge on State Highway 181, 0.6 mi downstream from Little Conewago Creek, and 1.5 mi north of Manchester. On Sept 13, 2017 the gage was relocated to Lat 40`04'50.9", long 76`43'6.21" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, York County, PA, Hydrologic Unit 02050306, on right bank 80 ft upstream from bridge on Stage Highway 181, 0.7 mi downstream from Little Conewago Creek, and 1.5 mi north of Manchester.
DRAINAGE AREA.--510 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1928 to current year. Prior to October 1931, published as Conewago Creek near Manchester.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage and water-quality monitor. Datum of gage is 263.68 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey. Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, the County of York, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS.-- Occasional slight regulation since October 1959 by Conewago Lake about 13 mi upstream, capacity, 3,570 acre-ft. Also, occasional releases from Lake Meade about 30 mi upstream, 0.42 sq mi.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.--
Supplied by USGS: Maximum recordable gage height (stage sensor operational limit) - 28.2 ft; Data transmitter operational limit - 28.7 ft;
Supplied by NWS: No flood stage has been determined for this station.
This station managed by the PAWSC New Cumberland Office.

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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius

Most recent instantaneous value: 17.2 04-18-2024   22:00 EDT
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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 519 04-18-2024   22:00 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Apr 18 based on 95 water years of record more
Min
(1931)
25th
percen-
tile
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Apr 18
Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Max
(2011)
156 308 519 538 867 887 4930


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 3.67 04-18-2024   22:00 EDT
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius

Most recent instantaneous value: 282 04-18-2024   22:00 EDT
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Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter

Most recent instantaneous value: 10.0 04-18-2024   22:00 EDT
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pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units

Most recent instantaneous value: 8.4 04-18-2024   22:00 EDT
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)

Most recent instantaneous value: 4.3 04-18-2024   22:00 EDT
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Suspended sediment load, water, unfiltered, computed, the product of regression-computed suspended sediment concentration and streamflow, short tons per day

Most recent instantaneous value: 14.4 04-18-2024   22:00 EDT
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Nitrate plus nitrite, water, in situ, milligrams per liter as nitrogen, [Qualified]

Most recent instantaneous value: 2.1 04-18-2024   22:00 EDT
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Suspended sediment concentration, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter

Most recent instantaneous value: 10.3 04-18-2024   22:00 EDT
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Phosphorus, water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter as phosphorus

Most recent instantaneous value: 0.051 04-18-2024   22:00 EDT
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Total nitrogen [nitrate + nitrite + ammonia + organic-N], water, unfiltered, estimated by regression equation, milligrams per liter as nitrogen

Most recent instantaneous value: 2.0 04-18-2024   22:00 EDT
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