Susquehanna River at Danville, Montour County PA (DANP1)
Gage Location: Montour County, PennsylvaniaSite Location: Montour County, Pennsylvania
Latitude: 40.958Longitude: -76.619Elevation: 431.29 ft. MSLDrainage Area: 11220 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 20 ft. Moderate Stage: 23 ft.Major Stage: 30 ft.
First Flood: 1865-03-18Last Flood: 2011-09-09 Crest: 31.55 ft.Datum change: 1939-06-29Number of Floods: 43

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Date of FloodCrest(ft)Streamflow(cfs)CategoryCode
1865-03-1828-9999Moderate***
1901-12-1622.8188000Minor***
1902-03-0326.9243000Moderate***
1904-01-2526.2-9999Moderate***
1904-02-1024.6-9999Moderate***
1904-03-0930.71-9999Major*** NWS
1910-03-0321165000Minor***
1913-03-2823.11192000Moderate***
1914-03-2922.6186000Minor***
1916-04-0221.8175000Minor***
1920-03-1420.9170000Minor***
1925-02-1320.3162000Minor***
1929-04-2320.35163000Minor***
1935-07-1120153000Minor***
1936-03-2027.42250000Moderate***
1940-04-0225.25222000Moderatenone
1943-01-0124204000Moderatenone
1946-05-2925.98234000Moderate(7)
1948-03-2422.63184000Minornone
1950-03-3021.81168000Minornone
1956-03-0922.47175000Minornone
1958-04-0821.87169000Minornone
1960-04-0223.92198000Moderatenone
1961-02-2821.72167000Minornone
1964-03-1125.13261000Moderatenone
1972-06-2432.32363000Major(A) (7)
1975-09-2827.52257000Moderatenone
1979-03-0723.93188000Moderate(A) (1)
1983-04-1720.53149000Minor(A) (1)
1984-04-0724.14194000Moderate(A) (1)
1986-03-1622.68173000Minor(A) (1)
1993-04-0323.97187000Moderate(A)
1994-03-2620.15139000Minornone
1996-01-2125.96209000Moderate(A)
1998-01-1020.43143000Minor(A)
2004-09-1926.22220000Moderate(1)
2005-01-1520.56149000Minor(1)
2005-03-3020.86154000Minor(1)
2005-04-0424.28202000Moderate(1)
2006-06-2928.19260000Moderatenone
2011-03-1222.57170000Minornone
2011-04-2922.41169000Minornone
2011-09-0931.55311000Majornone



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