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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01451800 JORDAN CREEK NEAR SCHNECKSVILLE, PA
LOCATION - Lat 40°39'42", long 75°37'38" referenced to North American Datum of 1927, Lehigh County, PA, Hydrologic Unit 02040106, on left bank 54 ft downstream from wooden covered bridge at Trexler-Lehigh County Game Preserve, 1.0 mi downstream from Mill Creek, and 1.1 mi southwest of Schnecksville.
DRAINAGE AREA - 53 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WDR PA-90-1: 1989.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - February 1966 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and water-quality monitor. Prior to June 16, 2015, gage included concrete control. Datum of gage is 380.48 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to November 8, 2022, the datum of gage was reported as 381.16 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Prior to Oct. 2, 1973, non-recording gage at bridge 54 ft upstream at same datum. Satellite 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.
REMARKS - Records for water year 2014-2017 are fair except those for discharges less than 50 ft³/s and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor. Records for water year 2018 are fair except those for estimated discharges and flows less than 50 cfs and greater than 800 cfs, which are poor. Records for water years 2019-2023 are fair except those for estimated discharges and flows less than 50 cfs and greater than 1300 cfs, which are poor.
WATER-QUALITY RECORDS
PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - October 2019 to current.
COOPERATION - Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Geological Survey.
INSTRUMENTATION - Specific conductance and water temperature sonde interfaced with a data collection platform, logging at 15-minute interval.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD - SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: Maximum, 360 microsiemens/cm, Jan 17, 2022; minimum, 54 microsiemens/cm, Sept 1, 2021. WATER TEMPERATURE: Maximum, 32.2 °C, July 23, 2022; minimum, -0.4°C, Jan 6, 2024.
