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| 14.0 |
MAJOR FLOOD...EXTREME RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL FLOODING ALONG LEFT BANK 0.5 TO 1 MILE DOWNSTREAM FROM GOWANDA. ALSO SOME FLOODING 1 TO 2 MILES UPSTREAM. THATCHER BROOK CAN COMPLICATE THE SITUATION IN GOWANDA. SERIOUS FLOODING IS POSSIBLE AT SUNSET BAY NEAR LAKE ERIE. |
| 12.0 |
MODERATE FLOOD...CREEK OVERFLOWS LEFT BANK 0.5 TO 1 MILE DOWNSTREAM FROM GOWANDA...SOME RESIDENTIAL AREAS BEGIN TO FLOOD. CONTINUED FLOODING ON RIGHT BANK. FLOODING ALSO POSSIBLE IN ARCADE, AT SUNSET BAY ON LAKE ERIE, AND ALONG THATCHER BROOK IN GOWANDA. |
| 10.0 |
FLOOD STAGE-MINOR FLOOD...FLOODING PROBLEMS ALONG RIGHT BANK 0.5 TO 1.0 MI DOWNSTREAM FROM GOWANDA, MOSTLY IN INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL AREAS. WATCH FOR DEVELOPING PROBLEMS ALONG THATCHER CREEK IN GOWANDA, IN TRAILER COURTS IN THE VILLAGE OF ARCADE, AND AT SUNSET BAY AT THE MOUTH NEAR LAKE ERIE. |
| 8.0 |
ALERT STAGE...WATER BEGINS TO SPILL OVER RIGHT BANK, NEAR THE SEWAGE DISPOSAL PLANT, ABOUT 1 MI DOWNSTREAM FROM GOWANDA. NO OTHER FLOODING. |
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Latitude: 42.470000° N,
Longitude: 78.930000° W,
Horizontal Datum:
NAD83
River Stage
Reference Frame |
Gauge Height |
Flood Stage |
Uses |
| NWS stage |
0 ft |
10 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 |
N/A |
N/A |
Survey grade GPS equipment, FEMA flood plain maps, newer USGS topographic maps |
| NGVD 29 |
N/A |
N/A |
Older USGS topographic maps, NGVD29 benchmarks |
| MSL |
N/A |
N/A |
Older USGS topographic maps, MSL benchmarks |
| Other |
738.83 ft |
748.83 ft |
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