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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Date of Flood Crest(ft) Streamflow(cfs) Category Code 1786-10-05 -9999 189000 Missing *** 1804-04-23 -9999 -9999 Missing *** 1807-04-01 -9999 202000 Missing *** 1809-07-01 -9999 95200 Missing *** 1833-05-14 -9999 176000 Missing *** 1865-03-18 33.1 232000 Major *** 1891-01-24 26.8 164000 Moderate *** 1891-02-19 23.5 130000 Minor *** 1891-02-27 23 125000 Minor *** 1893-05-05 22.02 115000 Minor *** 1896-04-01 24 135000 Moderate *** 1899-01-07 25 -9999 Moderate *** 1900-11-28 22 115000 Minor none 1901-12-15 27 166000 Moderate none 1902-03-02 31.4 213000 Major none 1903-03-25 22.4 119000 Minor none 1904-02-10 25.7 152000 Moderate none 1904-03-09 30.6 204000 Major none 1904-03-27 22.9 124000 Minor none 1905-03-26 23.4 129000 Minor none 1908-02-17 23.5 130000 Minor none 1909-05-02 23 125000 Minor none 1910-03-03 26.1 157000 Moderate none 1912-03-31 22 115000 Minor none 1912-04-03 23.2 127000 Minor none 1913-03-28 28.5 184000 Moderate none 1914-03-29 28.3 182000 Moderate none 1915-02-26 23.3 127000 Minor none 1915-07-10 22.6 120000 Minor none 1916-04-02 26.5 160000 Moderate none 1918-03-15 23 124000 Minor none 1920-03-13 26 155000 Moderate none 1921-11-29 22.3 117000 Minor none 1924-04-08 23.5 129000 Minor none 1925-02-13 25.1 145000 Moderate none 1926-11-17 22.7 121000 Minor none 1927-10-20 24.7 141000 Moderate none 1929-03-17 23.1 125000 Minor none 1929-04-22 26.4 159000 Moderate none 1935-07-10 25.39 151000 Moderate none 1936-03-13 28.6 184000 Moderate none 1936-03-20 33.07 232000 Major none 1939-02-22 23.8 137000 Minor none 1940-04-01 31.53 212000 Major none 1941-04-07 23.5 138000 Minor none 1943-01-01 29.37 191000 Moderate none 1946-05-29 32.01 210000 Major none 1947-04-07 24.88 151000 Moderate none 1948-03-23 28.76 193000 Moderate none 1950-03-30 27.04 172000 Moderate none 1951-04-01 22.72 128000 Minor none 1952-03-13 22.39 124000 Minor none 1955-10-16 26.45 166000 Moderate none 1956-03-09 28.17 186000 Moderate none 1956-04-06 22.5 126000 Minor none 1958-04-08 26.8 170000 Moderate none 1960-04-02 29.6 184000 Moderate none 1961-02-27 26.2 163000 Moderate none 1961-04-26 24.74 148000 Moderate none 1962-04-02 22.84 128000 Minor none 1963-03-28 22.26 131000 Minor none 1964-03-07 28.87 180000 Moderate none 1964-03-10 30.74 188000 Major (3) 1972-03-03 22.77 131000 Minor none 1972-06-24 40.91 345000 Major none 1975-02-26 26.26 163000 Moderate none 1975-09-27 35.06 228000 Major none 1979-03-07 31.02 192000 Major none 1983-04-16 23.86 138000 Minor (6) 1983-12-14 29.76 192000 Moderate (6) 1984-02-16 29.01 186000 Moderate (6) 1984-04-06 29.63 191000 Moderate (6) 1986-03-16 27.36 172000 Moderate (6) 1990-10-25 22.69 134000 Minor (6) 1993-04-02 29.87 185000 Moderate (6) 1993-04-12 28.62 179000 Moderate (6) 1994-03-26 24.16 148000 Moderate (6) 1996-01-20 34.45 221000 Major (6) 1996-11-10 23.57 128000 Minor (6) 1996-12-03 23.41 127000 Minor (6) 1998-01-09 24.79 138000 Moderate (6) 2000-02-29 23.66 129000 Minor (6) 2003-03-22 22.84 122000 Minor (6) 2004-09-19 34.96 227000 Major (6) 2005-01-15 24.74 137000 Moderate (6) 2005-03-29 26.05 148000 Moderate (6) 2005-04-04 30.88 189000 Major (6) 2006-06-28 34.14 218000 Major (6) 2007-03-16 22.96 123000 Minor (6) 2008-03-06 22.01 115000 Minor (6) 2010-01-26 22.82 122000 Minor none 2011-03-11 27.55 161000 Moderate none 2011-04-29 27.29 159000 Minor none 2011-09-08 42.66 -9999 Major 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