Susquehanna River at Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County PA (WBRP1)
Gage Location: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania	Site Location: Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Latitude: 41.251	Longitude: -75.881	Elevation: 599.76 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 9960 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 22 ft.	Moderate Stage: 24 ft.	Major Stage: 30 ft.
First Flood: 1786-10-05	Last Flood: 2011-09-09 Crest: 42.66 ft.	Datum change: 1899-03-30	Number of Floods: 94

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Month Number of Floods After Datum Number of Floods Total Cumulative Total After Datum Cumulative Total January 5 7 5 7 February 9 11 14 18 March 30 31 44 49 April 19 22 63 71 May 2 4 65 75 June 2 2 67 77 July 2 3 69 80 August 0 0 69 80 September 3 3 72 83 October 3 4 75 87 November 4 4 79 91 December 3 3 82 94 Seasonal Totals Winter (Dec-Jan-Feb) 21 Spring (Mar-Apr-May) 57 Summer (Jun-Jul-Aug) 5 Fall (Sep-Oct-Nov) 11

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