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STATION.--01541000 WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT
BOWER, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`53'49", long
78`40'38", Clearfield County, Hydrologic Unit 02050201, on
right bank at downstream side of highway bridge on Township Route 418
at Bower, and 4.6 mi downstream from Chest Creek and Mahaffey.
DRAINAGE AREA.--315 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1913 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage.
Datum of gage is 1,207.14 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of
1929. Prior to Oct. 17, 1929, nonrecording gage at same site and
datum.
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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Baltimore District, and the U.S.
Geological Survey.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Data transmitter operational limit -
26.1 ft;
Supplied by NWS: No flood stage has been determined
for this station.
