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USGS 01471000 Tulpehocken Creek near Reading, PA

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Station gage imageSTATION.--01471000 TULPEHOCKEN CREEK NEAR READING, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`22'08", long 75`58'46", Berks County, Hydrologic Unit 02040203, on right bank 15 ft upstream from covered bridge on Township Route 921, 1.0 mi downstream from Cacoosing Creek, 2.5 mi upstream from mouth, and 3.5 mi northwest of town square in Reading.
DRAINAGE AREA.--211 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1950 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 216.60 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated since April 1979 by Blue Marsh Lake (station 01470870), 3.9 mi upstream.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Data transmitter operational limit: 17.4 ft;
Supplied by NWS: Action stage: 9 ft; Flood stage: 10.5 ft; Moderate flood stage: 12 ft; Major flood stage: 14 ft;
This station managed by the PAWSC New Cumberland Office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1986-10-01  2025-10-28
2007-10-01  2025-10-28







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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 131 10-28-2025   14:15 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 28 based on 46 water years of record more
Min
(2002)
25th
percen-
tile
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Oct 28
Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Max
(2013)
52.4 121 131 269 316 442 1070


Gage height, feet

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