Station 01570500 SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT HARRISBURG, PA. [HBG]

Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 24100 sq.mi.                           Datum is 290.01 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 02050305 at Latitude: 40:15:17N  Longitude: 076:53:11W
Station is in the state of PA (county code 043) and serviced by the PA office.
Channel slope is 2.06 feet/mile
Stream length is 391.00 miles
Mean basin elevation is 0.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 0.05%     Lakes: 0.05%        Forests: 61.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 3.73 inches
Annual precipitation is 43.00 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.80 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 21.00 degrees Fahrenheit

This is a National Water Conditions station.
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Flow regulated by 15 flood control reservoirs.



There is no acceptable HCDN data for this station.