Hydrograph for Towanda Creek at Monroeton, PA

The following data is preliminary. Record information will be updated once the data has been checked.

The data shown here is a snapshot of what the river stage was during the flooding event. For the latest stages, river forecasts and other information about this site, go to the Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service page.

What is a hydrograph? This type of graph shows how the river level changes over time at a specific location. River level or stage is in feet and on the left side of the hydrograph.

Times on the graphic are in Z time in a military or 24 hour time format. What is Z time?

Flood stage is 14 feet. Max stage on this graph is 12.52 feet, shown near the top part of the hydrograph.

Key: The purple line shows the level of a Major flood. The blue line shows the level of a Moderate flood. The red line shows flood stage.

Historical Crests (1) 20.86 ft on 1996/01/19 (2) 18.99 ft on 2004/09/18 (3) 18.70 ft on 1926/11/16 (4) 18.60 ft on 1936/03/18 (5) 18.30 ft on 1915/07/8 Low Water Records (1) -0.2 ft on 1971/07/ 24 (2) 0.2 ft on 1971/10/ 23 (3) 1.0 ft on 1974/08/ 26 (4) 5.6 ft on 1991/08/ 6 (5) 6.0 ft on 1980/09/ 14

Impacts

• 20.7 CREST HEIGHT OF THE FLOOD WATERS AFTER THE RAPID SNOWMELT AND HEAVY RAIN EVENT JANUARY 19 1996
• 14.0 THE CREEK BEGINS SPREADING INTO THE BACKYARDS OF HOMES NEAR THE CREEK SOUTHWEST OF MONROETON
• 12.0 NO FLOOD STAGE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED...BUT A 12 FEET IS BANKFULL STAGE AND A CAUTIONARY STAGE FOR LOCAL OFFICIALS (VIA EMO) TO BEGIN PATROLLING AND MONITORING THE AREA.