Funding for this site is provided by:
STATION.--01576787 PEQUEA CREEK AT MARTIC FORGE,
PA.
LOCATION.--Lat 39`54'21", long
76`19'43", Lancaster County, Hydrologic Unit 02050306, 400 ft
upstream from bridge on SR 324 at Martic Forge, and 3.4 mi upstream
from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--148 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--February 1977 to September 1981,
February 1993 to September 1995, October 1989 to September 2004
(discharge measurements), September 2004 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage.
Datum of gage is 208.54 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of
1929. Satellite telemetry at site.
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 Brookfield Renewable Energy Group.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.--
Supplied by USGS.-- Data transmitter operational limit
- 22 ft.