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Peak Streamflow for Pennsylvania

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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.



USGS 01465780 Poquessing Cr above Byberry Creek at Phila., PA

Philadelphia County, Pennsylvania
Hydrologic Unit Code 02040202
Latitude  40°04'10", Longitude  74°58'33" NAD27
Drainage area 13.20  square miles
Gage datum 17.26 feet above NGVD29
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Water
Year
Date Gage
Height
(feet)
Stream-
flow
(cfs)
1965 1965-08-09 6.54 1,140
1966 1966-02-13 6.61 1,280
1967 1967-08-27 8.72 2,290
1968 1968-06-12 9.16 2,540
1969 1969-07-28 7.03 1,060
1970 1970-04-02 6.24 1,130
1971 1971-08-28 10.98 4,120
1972 1971-11-29 6.41 1,190
1973 1973-06-29 6.44 1,210
1974 1973-12-21 6.81 1,350
1975 1975-03-19 7.10 1,440
1976 1976-01-27 7.41 1,610
1977 1977-09-24 7.54 1,680
1978 1978-08-07 8.45 2,210
1979 1979-05-23 7.71 1,770
1980 1980-09-18 5.79 851