West Branch Delaware River at Hale Eddy, Delaware County NY (HLEN6)
Gage Location: Delaware County, New YorkSite Location: Delaware County, New York
Latitude: 42.003Longitude: -75.384Elevation: 946.46 ft. MSLDrainage Area: 595 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 11 ft. Moderate Stage: 13 ft.Major Stage: 15 ft.
First Flood: 1903-10-10Last Flood: 2011-09-08 Crest: 14.71 ft.Datum change: 1963-10-01Number of Floods: 67

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Height Above Flood Stage for Entire Period of Record
Height Above FSTotal OccurencePercent of Crest OccurrenceCumulative Total Flood OccurrencePercent of Floods above Listed Value
11 ft to 12 ft2436.411 ft or above 66100.0
12 ft to 13 ft1725.812 ft or above 4263.6
13 ft to 14 ft1116.713 ft or above 2537.9
14 ft to 15 ft812.114 ft or above 1421.2
15 ft to 16 ft46.115 ft or above 69.1
16 ft to 17 ft00.016 ft or above 23.0
17 ft to 18 ft00.017 ft or above 23.0
18 ft to 19 ft00.018 ft or above 23.0
19 ft to 20 ft11.519 ft or above 23.0
20 ft to 21 ft11.520 ft or above 11.5
Height Above Flood Stage After Datum Change
Height Above FSTotal OccurencePercent of Crest OccurrenceCumulative Total Flood OccurrencePercent of Floods above Listed Value
11 ft to 12 ft650.011 ft or above 12100.0
12 ft to 13 ft216.712 ft or above 650.0
13 ft to 14 ft18.313 ft or above 433.3
14 ft to 15 ft216.714 ft or above 325.0
15 ft to 16 ft00.015 ft or above 18.3
16 ft to 17 ft00.016 ft or above 18.3
17 ft to 18 ft00.017 ft or above 18.3
18 ft to 19 ft00.018 ft or above 18.3
19 ft to 20 ft18.319 ft or above 18.3
20 ft to 21 ft00.020 ft or above 00.0





Codes and description

C1|Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and not used in frequency calculations. Some of the floods are based on current flood stage and nearby gage information.
C2|Crest information looks reliable despite potential problems. This data was used in frequency calculations.
C3|Crest height estimated by the USGS.
C4|Crest height is from the National Weather Service.
C5|Crest height affected by backwater.
C6|Crest occurred at a previous flood stage that is lower than the current flood stage. The crests below the new flood stage are not used in flood frequency calculations.
C7|Crest from USGS yearly peak and/or date is different than the crest we provide. In many cases MARFC uses crest based on backwater or ice effects.
C8|Crest month or day of occurrence has been estimated by The Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center usually based on nearby gage information.
C9|Crest date (day) in the month is unknown.
F1|Flow is an estimate.
F2|Flow affected by regulation or diversion and in some cases to an unknown degree.
F3|Flow effected by snow-melt, ice jam or debris jam break up.
F4|Flow affected by dam failure.
F5|Flow - All or part of the record affected by urbanization, mining, agricultural changes, channelization or other factors.
G1|Gage height at a different site and/or datum.
G2|Gage is not an official USGS gage with crests provided by the NWS. Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and not used in flood frequency calculations.
G3|Gage datum changed during this year.
none,No code; Good Data

Updated: 08:09 AM Feb 08, 2013