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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Year Before Datum Change Number of Floods 1910 1 1911 0 1912 0 1913 1 1914 0 1915 2 1916 1 1917 0 1918 0 1919 0 1920 0 1921 0 1922 0 1923 0 1924 0 1925 0 1926 0 1927 0 1928 0 1929 0 1930 0 1931 0 1932 0 1933 0 1934 0 1935 0 1936 0 1937 0 1938 0 1939 0 1940 0 1941 0 1942 0 1943 0 1944 0 1945 0 1946 0 1947 0 1948 0 1949 0 1950 0 1951 0 1952 0 1953 1

Year After Datum Change Number of Floods 1954 0 1955 1 1956 0 1957 0 1958 1 1959 0 1960 0 1961 0 1962 0 1963 0 1964 0 1965 1 1966 0 1967 0 1968 0 1969 1 1970 2 1971 1 1972 1 1973 1 1974 0 1975 1 1976 1 1977 0 1978 1 1979 2 1980 1 1981 1 1982 0 1983 2 1984 2 1985 0 1986 1 1987 1 1988 0 1989 1 1990 0 1991 0 1992 1 1993 4 1994 1 1995 1 1996 4 1997 0 1998 0 1999 0 2000 0 2001 0 2002 0 2003 4 2004 3 2005 2 2006 2 2007 1 2008 1 2009 1 2010 2 2011 9 2012 1 2013 0

Codes and description

C1|Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and not used in frequency calculations. Some of the floods are based on current flood stage and nearby gage information.
C2|Crest information looks reliable despite potential problems. This data was used in frequency calculations.
C3|Crest height estimated by the USGS.
C4|Crest height is from the National Weather Service.
C5|Crest height affected by backwater.
C6|Crest occurred at a previous flood stage that is lower than the current flood stage. The crests below the new flood stage are not used in flood frequency calculations.
C7|Crest from USGS yearly peak and/or date is different than the crest we provide. In many cases MARFC uses crest based on backwater or ice effects.
C8|Crest month or day of occurrence has been estimated by The Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center usually based on nearby gage information.
C9|Crest date (day) in the month is unknown.
F1|Flow is an estimate.
F2|Flow affected by regulation or diversion and in some cases to an unknown degree.
F3|Flow effected by snow-melt, ice jam or debris jam break up.
F4|Flow affected by dam failure.
F5|Flow - All or part of the record affected by urbanization, mining, agricultural changes, channelization or other factors.
G1|Gage height at a different site and/or datum.
G2|Gage is not an official USGS gage with crests provided by the NWS. Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and not used in flood frequency calculations.
G3|Gage datum changed during this year.
none,No code; Good Data

Updated: 08:09 AM Feb 08, 2013