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West Branch Susquehanna River near Muncy Stage (ft)Highest Observation: 8.16 ft at 2:42AM Mar 16, 2024Highest Observation: 8.16 ft at 3:02AM Mar 16, 2024Highest Observation: 8.16 ft at 3:22AM Mar 16, 2024Highest Observation: 8.16 ft at 3:42AM Mar 16, 2024Highest Observation: 8.16 ft at 4:12AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 4:22AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 4:42AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 5:12AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 5:32AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 5:52AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 6:12AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 6:32AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 6:52AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 7:12AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 7:32AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 7:52AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 8:12AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 8:32AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 8:52AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 9:12AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 9:32AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 9:52AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 10:12AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 10:42AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 11:32AM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 12:02PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 12:32PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 12:52PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 1:12PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 1:52PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 2:12PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 2:32PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 2:52PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 3:12PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 3:32PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 3:52PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 4:12PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 4:32PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 4:52PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 5:12PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 5:32PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 5:52PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 6:12PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 6:32PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 6:52PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 7:12PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 7:32PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 7:52PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 8:12PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 8:32PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 8:52PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 9:12PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 9:52PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 10:12PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 10:32PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 10:52PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 11:12PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 11:32PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 11:52PM Mar 16, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 12:12AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 12:32AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 12:52AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 1:12AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 1:32AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 2:02AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 2:22AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 2:42AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 3:12AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 3:32AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 3:52AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 4:12AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 4:32AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 4:52AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 5:12AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 5:32AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 5:52AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 6:12AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 6:22AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 6:42AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 7:02AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 7:22AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 7:42AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 7:52AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 8:12AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 8:22AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 8:42AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 9:02AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 9:22AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 9:42AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 10:02AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 10:22AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 10:42AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 11:02AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 11:22AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 11:42AM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 12:02PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 1:02PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 1:22PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 1:42PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 2:02PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 2:22PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 2:42PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 3:02PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 3:22PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 3:42PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 4:02PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 5:12PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 7:02PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 7:32PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 8:02PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 8:32PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 8:52PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 9:12PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 9:42PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 10:12PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 10:42PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 11:02PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 11:22PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 11:52PM Mar 17, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 12:12AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 1:12AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 1:42AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 2:12AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 2:32AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 2:52AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 3:12AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 3:32AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 4:02AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 4:32AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 4:52AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 5:12AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 5:32AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 6:02AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 6:22AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 6:42AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 7:12AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 7:42AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 8:02AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 8:22AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 8:42AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 9:02AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 9:22AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 9:42AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 10:12AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 10:32AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 11:22AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 11:52AM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 12:22PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 12:42PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 1:12PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 1:42PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 3:12PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 3:32PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 3:52PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 4:02PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 4:22PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 4:42PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 5:02PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 5:22PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 5:42PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 6:02PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 7.34 ft at 6:22PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 6:32PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 6:52PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 7:12PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 7:32PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 7:52PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 8:12PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 8:32PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 8:52PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 9:12PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 9:32PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 9:52PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 10:12PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 10:32PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 10:52PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 11:32PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 11:52PM Mar 18, 2024Observed: 6.93 ft at 12:12AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 12:42AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 1:02AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 1:22AM Mar 19, 2024Observed: 7.75 ft at 1:42AM Mar 19, 2024Highest Forecast: 6.6 ft 8:00AM Mar 19, 2024Forecast: 6.5 ft 2:00PM Mar 19, 2024Forecast: 6.4 ft 8:00PM Mar 19, 2024Forecast: 6.3 ft 2:00AM Mar 20, 2024Forecast: 6.2 ft 8:00AM Mar 20, 2024Forecast: 6.1 ft 2:00PM Mar 20, 2024Forecast: 5.9 ft 8:00PM Mar 20, 2024Forecast: 5.8 ft 2:00AM Mar 21, 2024Forecast: 5.8 ft 8:00AM Mar 21, 2024Lycoming CountyMCYP1(plotting HGIRP) Graph Created (2:33AM Mar 19, 2024)ObservedForecast (issued 9:38AM Mar 18)Latest observed value: 7.75 ft at 1:42 AM EDT 19-Mar-2024. Flood Stage is 20 ft
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Flood Categories (in feet)
Major Flood Stage: 28
Moderate Flood Stage: 22
Flood Stage: 20
Action Stage: 16
Low Stage (in feet): 0

Historic Crests
(1) 37.45 ft on 06/23/1972
(2) 35.90 ft on 03/18/1936
(3) 30.30 ft on 05/28/1946
(4) 28.80 ft on 09/19/2004
(5) 28.80 ft on 11/26/1950
(6) 28.78 ft on 03/11/1964
(7) 28.60 ft on 01/20/1996
(8) 28.05 ft on 09/26/1975
(9) 24.30 ft on 12/02/2010
(10) 22.70 ft on 03/11/2011
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Recent Crests
(1) 21.20 ft on 09/11/2018
(2) 22.70 ft on 03/11/2011
(3) 24.30 ft on 12/02/2010
(4) 20.30 ft on 04/03/2005
(5) 28.80 ft on 09/19/2004
(6) 28.60 ft on 01/20/1996
(7) 19.90 ft on 08/19/1995
(8) 16.50 ft on 04/07/1994
(9) 17.50 ft on 04/04/1994
(10) 19.50 ft on 03/25/1994
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(P): Preliminary values subject to further review.

Low Water Records
(1) 0.92 ft on 09/13/1983

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37 Most of the northern portion of Muncy is inundated by flood waters.
35 High water affects the Muncy Valley Hospital.
31 North Market, Main, and Washington Streets are flooded.
29 The water level reaches the old feed mill on West Water Street.
28 Numerous homes and businesses in Montgomery are affected by high water.
27 Numerous homes and businesses in Muncy are affected.
25 The Andritz (Sprout Bauer) plant experiences significant flooding. Many homes in low lying areas are also affected.
24 Several homes on Broad Street and Second Streets in Montgomery are affected.
23 The Andritz (Sprout Bauer) plant is affected by high water.
22 A number of homes are flooded. Route 405 is affected between Muncy and Montgomery. South Main Street and Ellis Parkway are flooded in Montgomery.
21 Old Route 147 is inundated north of Muncy.
20 A few residences in Muncy flood. Ellis Parkway in Montgomery floods, limiting access to the Riverside Campground office and the campground.
18 Both banks overflow into agricultural fields.
17 The Riverside Campground and the River Field Little League Complex in Montgomery are affected by high water.
16 Both banks overflow into agricultural fields.
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Latitude: 41.205556° N, Longitude: 76.801389° W, Horizontal Datum: NAD83/WGS84

River Stage
Reference Frame
Gauge Height Flood Stage Uses
NWS stage 0 ft 20 ft Interpreting hydrographs and NWS watch, warnings, and forecasts, and inundation maps
Vertical Datum Elevation
(gauge height = 0)
Elevation
(gauge height = flood stage)
Elevation information source
NAVD88 Not Available Not Available Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps
NGVD 29 Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks
MSL Not Available Not Available Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks
Other 463.6 ft 483.6 ft  
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