Little Juniata River at Spruce Creek, Huntingdon County PA (SPKP1)
Gage Location: Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania	Site Location: Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania
Latitude: 40.613	Longitude: -78.141	Elevation: 751.15 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 220 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 8 ft.	Moderate Stage: 10 ft.	Major Stage: 14 ft.
First Flood: 1936-03-18	Last Flood: 2011-03-11 Crest: 8.45 ft.	Datum change: 1938-06-04	Number of Floods: 71

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Date of Flood Crest(ft) Streamflow(cfs) Category Code 1936-03-18 19.1 39800 Major *** 1940-03-31 10.82 7760 Moderate none 1940-06-08 8.44 4440 Minor none 1941-06-05 8.22 4220 Minor none 1941-12-24 8.25 4220 Minor none 1942-12-30 10.48 7310 Moderate none 1945-03-07 8.84 4980 Minor none 1945-05-18 9.75 6280 Minor none 1946-05-27 9.02 5230 Minor none 1946-06-13 8.13 4160 Minor none 1948-04-12 8.41 4500 Minor none 1948-04-14 9.7 6140 Minor none 1950-11-25 15.77 23100 Major (1) (2) 1951-03-30 8.24 4260 Minor none 1951-06-14 10.68 8040 Moderate none 1952-01-27 8.1 4140 Minor none 1952-03-11 10.24 7150 Moderate none 1952-11-22 8.19 4260 Minor none 1953-03-24 9.32 5700 Minor none 1953-05-31 8.2 4260 Minor none 1954-03-01 11.53 9600 Moderate none 1954-10-15 10.77 8230 Moderate none 1956-03-08 8.76 5000 Minor none 1956-05-13 8.86 5130 Minor none 1956-07-02 9.67 6320 Minor none 1959-02-10 8.1 4140 Minor none 1959-10-24 8.26 4380 Minor none 1960-03-31 9.28 5700 Minor none 1960-05-08 8.4 4500 Minor none 1961-02-26 10.14 6980 Moderate none 1962-04-07 8.01 4020 Minor none 1964-03-05 8.43 4540 Minor none 1964-03-10 11.42 9440 Moderate none 1966-02-13 9.14 5470 Minor none 1967-03-06 8.5 4620 Minor none 1967-09-28 11.57 9740 Moderate none 1969-07-23 9.68 6290 Minor none 1970-04-02 9.54 6060 Minor none 1971-02-27 8.19 4250 Minor none 1971-10-25 8.45 4560 Minor none 1972-03-03 9.71 6340 Minor none 1972-04-17 8.85 5060 Minor none 1972-06-23 16.98 28600 Major none 1975-09-26 8.67 5400 Minor none 1976-06-21 8 7160 Minor none 1978-05-15 8.08 6650 Minor none 1979-03-05 8.82 7900 Minor none 1984-02-14 10.17 9770 Moderate none 1987-04-05 9.16 7790 Minor none 1993-03-29 11.29 6060 Moderate none 1993-04-01 10.48 5200 Moderate none 1993-04-16 14.08 19470 Major none 1993-04-27 11.55 6350 Moderate none 1993-11-28 11.95 13600 Moderate none 1994-03-25 8.64 7130 Minor none 1996-01-19 13 16000 Moderate none 1996-07-19 10.15 9930 Moderate none 1996-09-07 9.68 9020 Minor none 1996-11-08 8 6090 Minor none 1997-11-08 10.31 10200 Moderate none 2002-03-26 8.04 6150 Minor none 2003-01-02 8.6 7060 Minor none 2003-11-19 9.43 8540 Minor none 2004-09-09 12.94 15800 Moderate none 2004-09-18 15.46 22100 Major none 2005-11-29 8.74 6790 Minor none 2010-01-25 9.6 8130 Minor none 2010-03-14 9.84 8510 Minor none 2010-11-30 8.02 5900 Minor none 2010-12-01 11.03 10700 Moderate none 2011-03-11 8.45 6500 Minor none

MARFC Codes
Code Description
(!!!) Datum changed during this year.
(1) Backwater Effect.
(2) 15.77 ft also occurred on 11/25/1950 but only counted as one flood.
(3) Estimated from currrent USGS rating table.
(4) Estimated height from the USGS.
(5) Gage height at a different site and/or datum
(6) Discharge affected by Regulation or Diversion
(7) Due to changes, prior floods were based on present flood stage. Therefore, flood data could possibly be incomplete.
(8) Gage is a staff gage and not the offical USGS gage. Therefore, some floods may be missing from our study.
(9) Discharge effected by snow-melt, ice jam or debris jam break up
(A) Discharge affected to unknown degree by regulation or diversion.
(B) Month or day of occurrence is unknown or not exact.
(C) All or part of the record affected by urbanization, mining, agricultural changes, channelization, or other factors.
(D) Crest height adjusted to current datum.
(E) Estimated discharge.
(F) Only annual maximum peak available for this year.
(O) This flood occurred at a previous flood stage that is lower than the current flood stage. This is only a historical flood.
** Crest information looks reasonable despite potential problems. This data was used in our study.
*** Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and was not used in our flood frequency study.
**** Gauge was discontinued in 2004. 2004 and later was not used in our study.
none No code

Updated: 08:58 AM Jun 28, 2012