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STATION.--01467042 PENNYPACK CREEK AT PINE ROAD, AT
PHILADELPHIA, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 40`05'23", long
75`04'10", Philadelphia County, Hydrologic Unit 02040202, on
right bank 20 ft below Pine Road, 300 ft upstream from Stream
"A" at north city limits of Philadelphia.
DRAINAGE AREA.--37.9 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1964 to September 1974,
September 2007 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and
water-quality monitor. Datum of gage is 80.41 ft above National
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite telemetry at station.
COOPERATION.--Station established and maintained by
the U.S. Geological Survey. Funding for this station is provided by the
City of Philadelphia, Water Department and the U.S. Geological
Survey.
REMARKS.--
Calibration
of water-quality instrumentation is conducted exclusively by
Philadelphia Water Department personnel with USGS oversight. Erroneous
or missing data, resulting from instrument malfunction, are not the
responsibility of USGS.