USGS Pennsylvania Water Science Center FLOOD PEAK SUMMARY
Tropical Depression Ivan – September 17 to 21, 2004
Ohio River Basin – PROVISIONAL and SUBJECT to REVISION
USGS Station Number |
Stream Name |
Stream Location |
Drainage area (square miles) |
Period of known floods |
Maximum flood previously known |
Maximum during present flood |
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Date |
Stage (feet) |
Discharge (cubic feet per second) |
Date |
Stage (feet) |
Discharge |
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Discharge (cubic feet per second) |
Unit Discharge (cubic feet per second per square mile) |
Recurrence interval range (years) # |
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Allegheny River |
Port Allegany |
248 |
1975 to present |
01/19/96 |
15.37 |
12,600 |
9/18/04 |
12.60 |
6,460 |
26.0 |
<10 |
|
Allegheny River |
Eldred |
550 |
1916 to present |
06/23/72 |
29.05 |
65,400 |
9/18/04 |
16.70 |
8,800 |
16.0 |
<10* |
|
Oswayo Creek |
Shinglehouse |
98.7 |
1975 to present |
01/19/96 |
12.74 |
4,660 |
9/18/04 |
10.01 |
2,110 |
21.4 |
<10 |
|
Kinzua Creek |
Guffey |
38.8 |
1966 to present |
06/22/72 |
8.99 |
5,220 |
9/18/04 |
5.82 |
1,030 |
26.5 |
<10 |
|
Conewango Creek |
Russell |
816 |
1940 to present |
01/10/98 |
10.88 |
14,900 |
9/18/04 |
7.49 |
5,780 |
7.08 |
<10 |
|
Brokenstraw Creek |
Youngsville |
321 |
1910 to present |
03/25/13 |
14.20 |
18,000 |
9/18/04 |
8.70 |
6,390 |
19.9 |
<10* |
|
Allegheny River |
West Hickory |
3,660 |
1942 to present |
03/08/56 |
17.20 |
101,000 |
9/18/04 |
9.08 |
27,200 |
7.43 |
<10* |
|
Oil Creek |
Rouseville |
300 |
1910 to present |
01/22/59 |
11.97 |
21,000 |
9/18/04 |
9.66 |
10,200 |
34.0 |
<10 |
|
French Creek |
Wattsburg |
92.0 |
1975 to present |
09/14/79 |
11.95 |
6,350 |
9/18/04 |
8.36 |
2,940 |
32.0 |
<10 |
|
French Creek |
Meadville |
788 |
1989 to present |
09/10/04 |
16.35 |
17,400 |
9/19/04 |
11.98 |
9,060 |
11.5 |
Not determined |
|
French Creek |
Utica |
1,028 |
1913 to present |
03/xx/13+ |
15.70+ |
35,600+ |
9/18/04 |
8.57 |
9,980 |
9.71 |
<10 |
|
Allegheny River |
Franklin |
5,982 |
1865 to present |
03/13/20 |
20.65 |
138,000 |
9/18/04 |
14.22 |
67,200 |
11.23 |
<10* |
|
Sevenmile Run |
Rasselas |
7.84 |
1952 to present |
09/13/87 |
5.30 |
2,300 |
9/17/04 |
4.16 |
301 |
38.4 |
<10 |
|
West Branch Clarion River |
Wilcox |
63.0 |
1954 to present |
01/19/96 |
10.23 |
5,590 |
9/17/04 |
6.70 |
2,760 |
43.8 |
<10 |
|
|
Clarion River |
Cooksburg |
807 |
1936 to present |
03/17/36+ |
19.00+ |
56,000+ |
9/18/04 |
16.46 |
37,800 |
46.8 |
10>25 |
|
Clarion River |
Piney |
951 |
1936 to present |
06/23/72+ |
28.24+ |
74,500+ |
9/18/04 |
18.94 |
37,300 |
39.2 |
<10 |
Allegheny River |
Parker |
7,671 |
1865 to present |
03/17/1865+ |
29.40+ |
250,000+ |
9/18/04 |
19.18 |
120,000 |
15.6 |
Not determined |
|
Redbank Creek |
St. Charles |
528 |
1910 to present |
07/19/96 |
23.90 |
66,300 |
9/18/04 |
18.52 |
35,800 |
67.8 |
25>50 |
|
|
Mahoning Creek |
Punxsutawney |
158 |
1936 to present |
07/19/96 |
18.38 |
20,400 |
9/18/04 |
15.60 |
15,100 |
95.6 |
25>50 |
|
Little Mahoning Creek |
McCormick |
87.4 |
1940 to present |
07/19/96 |
14.46 |
10,600 |
9/18/04 |
14.35 |
10,100 |
116 |
100>500 |
Allegheny River |
Kittanning |
8,973 |
1806 to present |
03/26/13 |
30.70 |
269,000 |
9/18/04 |
22.25 |
166,000 |
18.5 |
Not determined |
|
|
Crooked Creek |
Idaho |
191 |
1936 to present |
March 1936 |
18.60 |
19,400 |
9/18/04 |
19.29 |
26,400 |
138 |
>500 |
Stonycreek River |
Ferndale |
451 |
1936 to present |
03/18/36 |
30.26 |
59,000 |
9/18/04 |
11.62 |
15,900 |
35.3 |
<10 |
|
|
Conemaugh River |
Minersville |
678 |
2001 to present |
06/03/03 |
10.56 |
15,700 |
9/18/04 |
12.35 |
25,700 |
38.9 |
Not determined |
Conemaugh River |
Seward |
715 |
1936 to present |
07/20/77 |
27.06 |
115,000 |
9/18/04 |
12.14 |
21,400 |
29.9 |
<10 |
|
Blacklick Creek |
Josephine |
192 |
1952 to present |
07/20/77 |
19.89 |
45,700 |
9/18/04 |
8.69 |
8,900 |
46.4 |
<10 |
|
|
Yellow Creek |
Homer City |
57.4 |
1967 to present |
07/20/77 |
12.60 |
15,000 |
9/18/04 |
6.65 |
2,870 |
50.2 |
<10 |
|
Two Lick Creek |
Graceton |
171 |
1952 to present |
07/20/77 |
18.65 |
32,000 |
9/18/04 |
14.04 |
14,600 |
85.4 |
10>25 |
Kiskiminetas River |
Vandergrift |
1,825 |
1936 to present |
03/18/36 |
41.64+ |
185,000+ |
9/22/04 |
14.47 |
22,600 |
12.4 |
Not determined |
|
|
Loyalhanna Creek |
Kingston |
172 |
1940 to present |
10/15/54 |
15.80 |
29,700 |
9/18/04 |
13.17 |
17,600 |
102 |
25>50 |
Allegheny River |
Natrona |
11,410 |
1936 to present |
12/30/42 |
27.46 |
238,000 |
9/18/04 |
24.39 |
185,000 |
16.2 |
Not dertermined |
|
|
Buffalo Creek |
Freeport |
137 |
1940 to present |
10/15/54 |
13.60 |
14,000 |
9/17/04 |
15.28 |
16,700 |
122 |
100>500 |
|
Little Pine Creek |
Etna |
5.78 |
1962 to present |
05/30/86 |
10.28 |
7,190 |
9/17/04 |
8.26 |
3,700 |
640 |
50>100 |
Monongahela River |
Masontown |
4,440 |
1996 to present |
01/19/96 |
25.96 |
146,000 |
9/18/04 |
16.59 |
44,300 |
9.98 |
Not determined |
|
Redstone Creek |
Waltersburg |
73.7 |
1942 to present |
06/23/72 |
14.83 |
8,660 |
9/18/04 |
7.55 |
2,220 |
30.1 |
<10 |
|
|
Monongahela River |
Elizabeth |
5,340 |
1933 to present |
11/06/85 |
23.60 |
178,000 |
9/18/04 |
19.51 |
75,800 |
14.2 |
Not determined |
|
Casselman River |
Markleton |
382 |
1915 to present |
10/15/54 |
14.06 |
50,000 |
9/18/04 |
10.35 |
23,900 |
62.6 |
10>25 |
Laurel Hill Creek |
Ursina |
121 |
1919 to present |
10/15/54 |
10.63 |
10,900 |
9/18/04 |
6.64 |
5,820 |
48.1 |
<10 |
|
|
Youghiogheny River |
Confluence |
1,029 |
1936 to present |
03/18/36 |
21.60 |
85,000 |
9/18/04 |
11.99 |
24,700 |
24.0 |
<10 |
Youghiogheny River |
Connellsville |
1,326 |
1909 to present |
10/16/54 |
21.96 |
103,000 |
9/18/04 |
13.96 |
36,600 |
27.1 |
<10 |
|
|
Youghiogheny River |
Sutersville |
1,715 |
1921 to present |
10/16/54 |
32.50 |
108,000 |
9/18/04 |
20.72 |
46,400 |
27.1 |
<10 |
Monongahela River |
Braddock |
7,337 |
1936 to present |
01/20/96 |
27.07 |
210,000 |
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Sawmill Run |
Pittsburgh |
18.1 |
2004 |
No historic peaks new site |
9/17/04 |
11.82 |
To be determined |
To be determined |
Not determined |
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Chartiers Creek |
Carnegie |
257 |
1916 to present |
08/06/56 |
17.37 |
13,500 |
9/17/04 |
25.05 |
27,400 |
107 |
<500 |
|
Montour Run |
Imperial |
25.4 |
2001 to present |
08/28/01 |
8.31 |
2,080 |
9/17/04 |
15.58 |
8,280 |
326 |
Not determined |
Ohio River |
Sewickley |
19,500 |
1934 to present |
03/18/36 |
34.75 |
574,000 |
9/18/04 |
30.02 |
313,000 |
16.0 |
Not determined |
|
Shenango River |
Pymatuning Dam |
167 |
1935 to present |
09/09/04 |
9.81 |
1,660 |
9/18/04 |
6.75 |
852 |
5.10 |
Not determined |
|
|
Little Shenango River |
Greenville |
104 |
1914 to present |
01/22/59 |
14.30 |
8,540 |
9/18/04 |
5.36 |
1,210 |
11.6 |
<10 |
Shenango River |
Transfer |
337 |
1966 to present |
07/22/03 |
11.33 |
6,580 |
9/18/04 |
8.20 |
4,390 |
13.0 |
<10 |
|
|
Beaver River |
Wampum |
2,235 |
1913 to present |
03/26/13 |
Not Avail. |
87,000 |
9/18/04 |
19.56 |
41,000 |
18.3 |
Not determined |
|
Connoquenessing Creek |
Zelienople |
356 |
1916 to present |
06/29/24 |
16.66 |
23,000 |
9/18/04 |
18.17 |
29,400 |
83.0 |
>500 |
|
Muddy Creek |
Portersville |
51.2 |
1963 to present |
03/10/64 |
8.18 |
1,640 |
9/18/04 |
6.72 |
582 |
11.4 |
<10 |
|
Slippery Rock Creek |
Wurtemburg |
398 |
1912 to present |
01/25/37 |
Not Avail. |
19,000 |
9/18/04 |
8.53 |
9,580 |
24.1 |
10>25 |
|
Beaver River |
Beaver Falls |
3,106 |
1913 to present |
03/27/13 |
17.40 |
103,000 |
9/18/04 |
13.35 |
65,000 |
20.9 |
Not determined |
|
Raccoon Creek |
Moffatts Mill |
178 |
1916 to present |
04/15/22 |
9.80 |
10,000 |
9/18/04 |
14.29 |
21,200 |
119 |
>500 |
Brandy Run |
Girard |
4.45 |
1987 to present |
06/13/94 |
3.36 |
708 |
9/17/04 |
2.43 |
395 |
88.8 |
<10* |
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e – Discharge is an estimate
+ - Prior to regulation
/ - No peak recorded due to removal of control structure
# - Based on recurrence intervals computed from streamflow-gaging-station data found in Table 4 and Appendix 2 from U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 00-4189 Techniques for estimating magnitude and frequency of peak flows for Pennsylvania streams (PDF File).
* - Based on recurrence intervals computed from streamflow-gaging-station data found in Appendix 2 from U.S. Geological Survey Water-Resources Investigations Report 99-4068 Comparison of methods for computing streamflow statistics for Pennsylvania streams (PDF File).
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