Yellow Breeches Creek near Camp Hill, Cumberland County PA (CPHP1)
Gage Location: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania	Site Location: Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
Latitude: 40.225	Longitude: -76.898	Elevation: 307.49 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 216 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 7 ft.	Moderate Stage: 9 ft.	Major Stage: 13 ft.
First Flood: 1910-01-22	Last Flood: 2012-10-30 Crest: 8.86 ft.	Datum change: 1954-07-01	Number of Floods: 66

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Date of Flood Crest(ft) Streamflow(cfs) Category Code 1910-01-22 7.5 4270 Minor *** 1913-03-27 7.86 4680 Minor *** 1915-01-13 8.5 5550 Minor *** 1915-08-22 8.61 5550 Minor *** 1953-07-22 9.4 3940 Moderate *** 1955-10-14 7.07 2390 Minor none 1958-02-28 7.22 2440 Minor none 1965-02-08 7.64 2950 Minor none 1969-07-28 8.09 3080 Minor none 1970-04-02 7.97 2980 Minor none 1970-07-10 8.9 3540 Minor none 1971-08-03 8.6 3360 Minor none 1972-06-22 18.33 15900 Major none 1973-05-29 8.8 3490 Minor none 1975-09-26 18.77 19300 Major none 1976-10-09 11.66 6360 Moderate none 1978-03-27 7.53 3110 Minor none 1979-01-25 11.3 5980 Moderate none 1979-02-26 9.28 4360 Moderate none 1980-03-21 7.59 2700 Minor none 1981-02-24 7.19 2500 Minor none 1983-04-15 8.18 3030 Minor none 1983-12-14 9.08 3810 Moderate none 1984-02-15 10.78 5590 Moderate none 1984-04-05 7.3 2650 Minor none 1986-03-15 7.64 2820 Minor none 1987-11-30 7.62 2810 Minor none 1989-07-22 7.59 2790 Minor none 1992-03-27 7.18 2600 Minor none 1993-03-30 7.57 2590 Minor none 1993-04-02 9.19 3890 Moderate none 1993-11-28 8.55 3320 Minor none 1993-12-05 7.33 2460 Minor none 1994-03-28 8.61 3370 Minor none 1995-01-20 7.57 2590 Minor none 1996-01-20 10.44 5170 Moderate none 1996-01-27 8.75 3490 Minor none 1996-09-07 7.87 2780 Minor none 1996-12-14 7.91 2810 Minor none 2003-03-21 7.71 2900 Minor none 2003-06-07 7.56 2800 Minor none 2003-09-23 8.43 3350 Minor none 2003-12-11 8.49 3400 Minor none 2004-08-01 7.45 2780 Minor none 2004-09-18 8.78 3600 Minor none 2004-09-29 7.56 2830 Minor none 2005-03-29 7.97 3070 Minor none 2005-04-03 8.27 3250 Minor none 2006-06-28 9.7 4400 Moderate none 2006-11-17 7.96 3060 Minor none 2007-03-02 7.32 2710 Minor none 2008-03-05 7.41 2750 Minor none 2009-07-24 10.5 5240 Moderate none 2010-01-26 8.09 3140 Minor none 2010-05-03 7.11 2600 Minor none 2011-03-07 7.6 2850 Minor none 2011-03-11 10.11 4800 Moderate none 2011-04-17 14.57 10400 Major none 2011-04-28 10.48 5170 Moderate none 2011-09-08 9.6 4310 Moderate none 2011-09-23 7.5 2800 Minor none 2011-09-28 7.35 2720 Minor none 2011-09-29 7.39 2740 Minor none 2011-11-23 8.35 3300 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