STATION.--01543000 DRIFTWOOD BRANCH SINNEMAHONING CREEK AT STERLING RUN, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 41`24'48", long 78`11'50", Cameron County, Hydrologic Unit 02050202, on left bank at downstream side of highway bridge on SR 3002 at village of Sterling Run, and 300 ft upstream from Sterling Run.
DRAINAGE AREA.--272 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1913 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 894.28 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (from benchmark). Oct. 1, 1913 to Sept. 30, 1931: non-recording gage; Oct. 1, 1931 to Sept. 30, 1932 and Oct. 1, 1942 to Oct. 3, 1991: water-stage recorder at site 50 feet upstream on steel-truss bridge at same datum. Prior to February 19, 2025, the datum of gage was reported as 894.84 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Satellite and landline 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 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S. Geological Survey.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by USGS: Maximum recordable gage height (stage sensor operational limit) - 20.6 ft; Data transmitter operational limit - 22.0 ft;
Supplied by NWS: No flood stage has been determined for this station.