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290 DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES Miscellaneous sites Discharge measurements made at miscellaneous sites during water year 2001 Measurements Measured previously Stream Tributary to Location Drainage (water Date Discharge area (mi2) years) (ft3/s) SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN SUGAR CREEK BASIN 01531488 Susquehanna Lat 41°46’52”, long 76°30’10”, Bradford 184 2000 10-18-00 180 Sugar Creek River County, Hydologic Unit 02050106, at 4-19-01 232 steel-truss bridge in North Towanda 5-29-01 36 township, and 3.5 mi upstream from 7-25-01 6.2 mouth. 9-18-01 12 WYALUSING CREEK BASIN 01532950 Susquehanna Lat 41°41’49”, long 76°13’52”, Bradford 215 1989-2000 10-19-00 366 Wyalusing River County, Hydrologic Unit 02050106, at 2-27-01 221 Creek concrete bridge on State Highway 706, 4-19-01 325 2.8 mi north of Wyalusing, and 3.0 mi 5-29-01 70 upstream from mouth. 7-26-01 133 9-17-01 34 LACKAWANNA RIVER BASIN 01534860 West Branch Sus- Lat 41°26’28”, long 75°38’33”, Lack- 174 1999-2000 2-27-01 277 Lackawanna quehanna River awanna County, Hydrologic Unit 5-11-01 104 River 02050107, at Parker Street Bridge at 6-28-01 99 Scranton, and 14.1 mi upstream from 9-06-01 32 mouth. NESCOPECK CREEK BASIN 01538600 Susquehanna Lat 41°02’46”, long 76°13’28”, Luzerne 171 1949-50 10-05-00 74 Nescopeck Creek River County, Hydrologic Unit 02050107, at 1982-87 3-01-01 280 bridge on State Highway 339, just down- 5-02-01 220 stream from railroad bridge at 1989-91 6-28-01 120 Nescopeck. 1995-2000 8-20-01 99 FISHING CREEK BASIN 01539700 Fishing Creek Lat 41°02’25”, long 76°29’01”, Columbia 66.5 1991* 10-10-00 9.2 Little Fishing County, Hydrologic Unit 02050107, on 1992-2000 11-21-00 31 Creek Township Route 493, 1.6 mi upstream 3-12-01 78 from mouth, and 2.8 mi northwest of 5-17-01 15 Bloomsburg. 8-01-01 4.5 9-19-01 3.4 WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN SINNEMAHONING CREEK BASIN 01542790 Sinnemahoning Lat 41°20’02”, long 78°08’10”, Cameron 365 1975-2000 10-03-00 96 Bennett Branch Creek County, Hydrologic Unit 02050202, at 2-13-01 1,060 bridge on Township Route 343 at Drift- 4-03-01 819 wood and 1,000 ft upstream from mouth. 5-15-01 174 6-26-01 734 8-14-01 21 291 DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES Discharge measurements made at miscellaneous sites during water year 2001—Continued Measurements Measured previously Stream Tributary to Location Drainage (water Date Discharge area (mi2) years) (ft3/s) SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN--Continued WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN--Continued BALD EAGLE CREEK BASIN 01548075 Bald Eagle Creek Lat 41°04’31”, long 77°28’40”, Clinton 137 1989-2000 10-04-00 21 Fishing Creek County, Hydrologic Unit 02050204, at 11-17-00 21 bridge on SR 2004, 1,700 ft south of 12-20-00 71 Cedar Springs (Hill St.), and 4.5 mi 2-08-01 36 upstream from mouth. 3-23-01 566 5-04-01 122 6-14-01 69 8-02-01 27 9-11-01 22 01548085 West Branch Sus- Lat 41°07’35”, long 77°26’00', Clinton 768 1988-89 10-04-00 224 Bald Eagle Creek quehanna River County, Hydrologic Unit 02050204, at 1991-2000 11-17-00 535 concrete bridge on SR 2012 at Castanea, 2-08-01 493 and 2.0 mi upstream from mouth. 5-04-01 616 6-14-01 421 7-18-01 293 9-11-01 230 PINE CREEK BASIN 01548248 West Branch Sus- Lat 41°44’37”, long 77°26’03”, Tioga 274 1989-2000 10-17-00 82 Pine Creek quehanna River County, Hydrologic Unit 02050205, at 4-16-01 1,250 concrete bridge on forest road at Anso- 6-07-01 111 nia, 1,500 ft upstream from mouth, and 7-25-01 32 7.0 mi west of Wellsboro. 9-18-01 36 01548351 Pine Creek Lat 41°44’48”, long 77°25’40”, Tioga 81.6 1989-2000 10-17-00 10 Marsh Creek County, Hydrologic Unit 02050205, at 6-07-01 33 bridge on State Highway 6 at Ansonia, 7-25-01 10 1,300 ft upstream from mouth, and 9-18-01 10 7.0 mi west of Wellsboro. 01549590 Pine Creek Lat 41°21’06”, long 77°21’18”, Lycoming 172 1987-90 10-03-00 87 Little Pine Creek County, Hydrologic Unit 02050205, at 1992-2000 11-13-00 49 bridge at Little Pine State Park camp- 2-13-01 111 ground, 0.2 mi downstream from Little 4-30-01 211 Pine Dam, and 3.4 mi upstream from 7-16-01 32 mouth and Waterville. WHITE DEER CREEK BASIN 01553150 West Branch Sus- Lat 41°04’29”, long 76°52’22”, Union 46.9 1945 10-05-00 12 White Deer Creek quehanna River County, Hydrologic Unit 02050206, at 1989-95 11-17-00 20 concrete bridge on SR 1011 at White 3-28-01 129 Deer, and 0.5 mi upstream from mouth. 1997-2000 3-28-01 122 5-10-01 38 6-20-01 23 8-07-01 5.5 PENNS CREEK BASIN 01555207 Penns Creek Lat 40°47’27”, long 76°55’24”, Snyder 155 1989-2000 10-18-00 480 Middle Creek County, Hydrologic Unit 02050301, at 12-08-00 69.6 double-span concrete bridge on Creek 2-21-01 145 Road (T-460), 1.8 mi north of Kantz, and 3-22-01 1,300 2.2 mi northeast of Freeburg. 5-04-01 108 7-24-01 30.1 8-28-01 21.7 292 DISCHARGE AT PARTIAL-RECORD STATIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS SITES Discharge measurements made at miscellaneous sites during water year 2001—Continued Measurements Measured previously Stream Tributary to Location Drainage (water Date Discharge area (mi2) years) (ft3/s) SUSQUEHANNA RIVER BASIN--Continued JUNIATA RIVER BASIN 01555810 Juniata River Lat 40°22’42”, long 78°25’01”, Blair 84.3 1995-2000 11-15-00 27.4 Frankstown County, Hydrologic Unit 02050302, at 2-28-01 65.2 Branch Juniata end of cantilevered wooden walkway 6-06-01 55.1 River 0.6 mi downstream from McDonald 7-25-01 7.87 Run, and 3.4 mi south of Duncansville. 9-19-01 5.68 01555858 Frankstown Lat 40°25’27”, long 78°23’37”, Blair 83.0 1982-2000 11-15-00 32.0 Beaverdam Branch Juniata County, Hydrologic Unit 02050302, at 2-28-01 116 Branch Juniata River bridge on Plank Road in Hollidaysburg, 4-18-01 424 River 1.5 mi downstream from Blair Gap Run, 6-06-01 111 and 2.2 mi upstream from mouth. 7-25-01 18.6 9-19-01 14.4 a01566000 Juniata River Lat 40°30’55”, long 77°25’10”, Juniata 214 1911-58≠ 10-11-00 23.8 Tuscarora Creek County, Hydrologic Unit 02050304, at 1982-91*b 12-21-00 154 single-span bridge on SR 3008, 2.0 mi c 3-23-01 1,190 southwest of Port Royal, and 3.5 mi 1988-90 5-08-01 96.9 upstream from mouth. Datum of gage is 1992-2000 7-20-01 37.0 420.47 ft above sea level. 9-14-01 14.8 CONODOGUINET CREEK BASIN 01570280 Susquehanna Lat 40°16’38”, long 76°57’00”, Cumber- 501 1989-2000 10-25-00 188 Conodoguinet River land County, Hydrologic Unit 02050305, 10-27-00 159 Creek at bridge on Oyster Mill Road at Enola, 10-27-00 163 0.2 mi downstream from Holtz Run, and 11-24-00 126 4.7 mi upstream from mouth. Datum of 2-16-01 553 gage is 311.08 ft above sea level. 4-05-01 870 5-24-01 846 7-10-01 228 8-09-01 107 9-17-01 86.7 CONEWAGO CREEK BASIN 01573820 Conewago Creek Lat 39°51’30”, long 77°03’59”, Adams 65.8 1995-2000 10-10-00 20.6 South Branch County, Hydrologic Unit 02050306, on 12-12-00 16.5 Conewago Creek right bank 3,500 ft upstream from bridge 12-12-00 15.5 on SR 30, and 0.5 mi west of New 2-13-01 59.3 Oxford. 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