USGS 03108000 Raccoon Creek at Moffatts Mill, PA

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Station gage imageSTATION.--03108000 RACCOON CREEK AT MOFFATTS MILL, PA

LOCATION.--Lat 40`37'40", long 80`20'16", Beaver County, Hydrologic Unit 05030101, on left bank at downstream side of highway bridge at Moffatts Mill, 1.4 mi downstream from Gums Run, 4 mi south of Vanport, and 4.2 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--178 square miles.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 1941 to current year. May 1915 to July 1932 (gage heights and discharge measurements only) in reports of Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania or Pennsylvania Department of Forests and Waters.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 718.8 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. May 27, 1915 to July 31, 1932, and Sept. 2 to Dec. 3, 1941, non-recording gage at same site and datum. Prior to February 7, 2024, the datum of gage was reported as 19.16 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. 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.--Normally, no regulation from Raccoon Creek Lake. Diversion out of the basin from Cherry Valley and Service Creek Reservoirs upstream increased from an average of 4.0 ft3/s at the close of 1957 to 6.8 ft3/s for the present year; diversion began with 2.0 ft3/s for September 1957. Published records do not include diversion.
GAGE HEIGHTS OF IMPORTANCE.-
Supplied by NWS: Action stage-10.4 ft; Flood stage-13 ft.
This station managed by the PAWSC Pittsburgh Field Office.

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1990-10-01  2024-03-28
2007-10-01  2024-03-28
2021-10-01  2024-03-28







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Discharge, cubic feet per second

Most recent instantaneous value: 498 03-28-2024   13:30 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Mar 28 based on 82 water years of record more
Min
(1969)
25th
percen-
tile
Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Mar 28
Max
(2020)
83.0 207 282 329 393 498 1050


Gage height, feet

Most recent instantaneous value: 2.83 03-28-2024   13:30 EDT
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