HCDN: Streamflow Data Set, 1874 - 1988
By J.R. Slack, Alan M. Lumb, and Jurate Maciunas Landwehr
USGS Water-Resources Investigations Report 93-4076


Station 01574000 WEST CONEWAGO CREEK NEAR MANCHESTER, PA. [MNCHST


Description, qualifying comments, and acceptable water years.

Drainage area is 510 sq.mi.                             Datum is 263.68 ft.
Located in hydrologic unit 02050306 at Latitude: 40:04:56N  Longitude: 076:43:13W
Station is in the state of PA (county code 133) and serviced by the PA office.
Channel slope is 5.48 feet/mile
Stream length is 76.70 miles
Mean basin elevation is 570.00 feet above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
Percent of contributing drainage area covered by 
   Storage: 1.21%     Lakes: 0.21%        Forests: 33.00%     Glaciers: N.A.%
Soil infiltration index is 2.82 inches
Annual precipitation is 41.20 inches
Precipitation intensity is 2.65 inches/24 hour (expected on the average once each two years)
January minimum temperature is 25.00 degrees Fahrenheit
Comments and qualifications on the data:
   Records affected by reservoir upstream starting with water year  1960.


Daily and longer averages for 31 water years are acceptable (some whole years and all partial years are excluded).
A water year with acceptable data is indicated by an asterisk in the time line, which spans 1874 through 1988.

                                                   Water year
1     1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1         1       1
8     8         8         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9         9       9
7     8         9         0         1         2         3         4         5         6         7         8       8
4-----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5----0----5--8
.......................................................*******************************.............................

The streamflow data Daily values, monthly mean values, and yearly mean values of streamflow data are available in tablular form. Select the desired option from the list below.

The data tables do not have column heading for ease of reading into statistical programs. For a detailed description of the format of the data tables, select the corresponding file from the list below.

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