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STATION.--03028000 WEST BRANCH CLARION RIVER AT
WILCOX, PA
LOCATION.--Lat 41`34'31", long
78`41'33", Elk County, Hydrologic Unit 05010005, on right bank
20 ft downstream from highway bridge at Wilcox, 100 ft downstream from
Wilson Run, and 0.1 mi upstream from Penn Central Railroad
bridge.
DRAINAGE AREA.--63.0 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1953 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage,
water-quality monitor and weighing bucket precipitation gage. Datum of
gage is 1,501.00 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior
to Nov. 18, 1953, non-recording gage at site 20 ft upstream at same
datum. Nov. 18 to Dec. 8, 1953, non-recording gage at same site and
datum. Prior to April 5, 2023, the datum of gage was erroneously
reported as 1,502.02 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District,
the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection and the U.S.
Geological Survey.
REMARKS.--
The 15-minute precipitation data for this station are
temporary and will only be displayed for 120 days. Time series
of 1-hour or cumulative daily values will NOT be available for
retrieval following the 120-day display period. Although the
instrumentation is calibrated at least once a year, the temporary
classification means that documented routine inspections and other
quality assurance measures are not performed that would make the
data acceptable for archival, retrieval, or future use in general
scientific or interpretive studies. |