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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01449800 POHOPOCO CREEK BELOW BELTZVILLE LAKE NEAR PARRYVILLE, PA
LOCATION - Lat 40°50'44", long 75°38'46" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Carbon County, PA, Hydrologic Unit 02040106, on right bank 0.1 mi upstream from Sawmill Run, 0.4 mi downstream from Beltzville Dam, 1.3 mi upstream from Bull Run, and 2.3 mi northeast of Parryville.
DRAINAGE AREA - 96.4 mi².
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1967 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage, concrete control. Datum of gage is 491.4 ft. above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to November 2022 and April 18, 2023, the datum of gage was reported as 492.05 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, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Philadelphia District, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
REMARKS - Flow regulated entire period of record by Wild Creek Reservoir (station 01449700) and Penn Forest Reservoir (station 01449400), located 7.3 mi and 10.0 mi upstream respectively (reservoirs for city of Bethlehem), and Beltzville Lake (station 01449790), located 0.4 mi upstream. Diversion upstream from Tunkhannock Creek to Wild Creek Basin since October 1969. Records for water years 2014-2021 and 2023 are good. Records for water year 2022 are good except for estimated discharge, which is poor. Records for water year 2024 are fair.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - WATER TEMPERATURE: Water years 1969 to 2004. Water year 2017 to current year.
INSTRUMENTATION - Temperature probe interfaced with a data collection platform since water year 1986.
REMARKS - Water temperature records are rated good. Beginning in water year 2019, water quality records are not rated as "excellent", "good", "fair", or "poor".
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - Maximum, 26.5C, several days during July and August 1970; minimum, 0.0C, December 9, 1969, January 5, 1999.
