Schuylkill River at Berne, Berks County PA (BREP1)
Gage Location: Berks County, Pennsylvania	Site Location: Berks County, Pennsylvania
Latitude: 40.523	Longitude: -75.999	Elevation: 310.65 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 355 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 12 ft.	Moderate Stage: 14 ft.	Major Stage: 16 ft.
First Flood: 1942-05-23	Last Flood: 2011-09-08 Crest: 15.45 ft.	Datum change: 1947-08-01	Number of Floods: 29

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Date of Flood Crest(ft) Streamflow(cfs) Category Code 1942-05-01 15 26900 Moderate *** (B) 1950-11-26 14.52 -9999 Moderate none 1950-12-04 14.46 24200 Moderate none 1952-03-11 12.02 17000 Minor none 1952-11-22 12.86 19900 Minor none 1955-08-19 15.73 29400 Moderate none 1970-04-02 12.12 17300 Minor none 1972-06-22 19 42800 Major (A) 1976-01-26 12.79 18300 Minor (A) 1976-02-25 13.5 -9999 Minor (A) 1979-01-25 13.77 21700 Minor (A) 1981-02-02 13.79 -9999 Minor (A) 1983-04-16 14.71 25300 Moderate (A) 1983-12-14 13.31 20100 Minor (A) 1984-05-29 12.52 17300 Minor (A) 1988-05-19 12.18 15500 Minor (A) 1989-05-06 12.6 17600 Minor (A) 1996-01-19 14.31 22000 Moderate (A) 1996-01-27 13.9 20600 Minor (A) 1996-10-19 14.02 21000 Moderate (A) 1999-09-16 13.34 18700 Minor (A) 2000-12-17 12.05 14500 Minor (A) 2004-08-13 12.89 17200 Minor (A) 2004-09-18 15.05 24900 Moderate (A) 2006-06-28 18.57 39900 Major (A) 2006-11-17 14.12 19900 Moderate (A) 2008-03-05 12.81 15500 Minor (A) 2011-03-11 14.2 20100 Moderate none 2011-09-08 15.45 23900 Moderate 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