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STATION.--03042000 BLACKLICK CREEK AT JOSEPHINE,
PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`28'37", long
79`11'13", Indiana County, Hydrologic Unit 05010007, on left
bank on downstream side of Josephine Bridge on Old Indiana Road, 0.5 mi
upstream from Two Lick Creek, and 5 mi northeast of Blairsville.
DRAINAGE AREA.--193 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--January 1952 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage.
Datum of gage is 954.46 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
Prior to Aug. 25, 1953, non-recording gage at same site and datum.
Prior to Oct 2009 station located at 40`28'24"
79`11'01". Satellite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by
the U.S. Geological Survey. Funding for the operation of this station
is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District,
the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S.
Geological Survey.
REMARKS.--Some regulation at low flow by mine pumpage
above station.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-12.4 ft; Flood
stage-16.5 ft.