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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MINOR FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1891-02-19 23.5 1891-02-27 23 1893-05-05 22.02 1900-11-28 22 1903-03-25 22.4 1904-03-27 22.9 1905-03-26 23.4 1908-02-17 23.5 1909-05-02 23 1912-03-31 22 1912-04-03 23.2 1915-02-26 23.3 1915-07-10 22.6 1918-03-15 23 1921-11-29 22.3 1924-04-08 23.5 1926-11-17 22.7 1929-03-17 23.1 1939-02-22 23.8 1941-04-07 23.5 1951-04-01 22.72 1952-03-13 22.39 1956-04-06 22.5 1962-04-02 22.84 1963-03-28 22.26 1972-03-03 22.77 1983-04-16 23.86 1990-10-25 22.69 1996-11-10 23.57 1996-12-03 23.41 2000-02-29 23.66 2003-03-22 22.84 2007-03-16 22.96 2008-03-05 22.01 2010-01-27 22.83

MODERATE FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1891-01-24 26.8 1896-04-01 24 1899-01-07 25 1901-12-15 27 1904-02-10 25.7 1910-03-03 26.1 1913-03-28 28.5 1914-03-29 28.3 1916-04-02 26.5 1920-03-13 26 1925-02-13 25.1 1927-10-20 24.7 1929-04-22 26.4 1935-07-10 25.39 1936-03-13 28.6 1943-01-01 29.37 1947-04-07 24.88 1948-03-23 28.76 1950-03-30 27.04 1955-10-16 26.45 1956-03-09 28.17 1958-04-08 26.8 1960-04-02 29.6 1961-02-27 26.2 1961-04-26 24.74 1964-03-07 28.87 1975-02-26 26.26 1983-12-14 29.76 1984-02-16 29.01 1984-04-06 29.63 1986-03-16 27.36 1993-04-02 29.87 1993-04-12 28.62 1994-03-26 24.16 1998-01-09 24.79 2005-01-15 24.74 2005-03-29 26.05 2011-03-11 27.55

MAJOR FLOODS Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1865-03-18 33.1 1902-03-02 31.4 1904-03-09 30.6 1936-03-20 33.07 1940-04-01 31.53 1946-05-29 32.01 1964-03-10 30.74 1972-06-24 40.91 1975-09-27 35.06 1979-03-07 31.02 1996-01-20 34.45 2004-09-19 34.96 2005-04-04 30.88 2006-06-28 34.14 2011-09-09 42.66

MISSING Date of Flood Crest(ft) 1786-10-05 -9999 1804-04-23 -9999 1807-04-01 -9999 1809-07-01 -9999 1833-05-14 -9999

Categorical Floods by Month Month Minor After Datum Minor Total Moderate After Datum Moderate Total Major After Datum Major Total Missing After Datum Missing Total January 1 1 3 5 1 1 0 0 February 4 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 March 12 12 13 13 5 6 0 0 April 8 8 9 10 2 2 0 2 May 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 1 June 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 July 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 August 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 September 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 October 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 November 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 December 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0

Categorical Floods by Season Season Minor Moderate Major Missing Fall 5 2 3 1 Winter 8 12 1 0 Spring 22 23 9 3 Summer 1 1 2 1

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