River Gauges

Advanced Hydrologic Prediction Service: (NOAA)

These links show the precipitation in feet during the previous 3 days intervals. Scroll across the page to see the link’s. By clicking on the links below you will be taken to the individual gauge’s in graph form for that part of the river.

Map of Stations in the Philadelphia/Mount Holly, NJ area.

Schuylkill River at Reading, PA
Schuylkill River at Pottstown, PA
Perkiomen Creek at Graterford, PA
Schuylkill River at Norristown, PA

National Water Information System: (USGS)

By clicking on the “Schuylkill River Basin Station Numbers ” heading you will be take to the summery page for the USGS Real-Time Data for Pennsylvania: Precipitation

These links will show the precipitation in inches during the previous 1, 6, 12, 24 hours and 7 days intervals. Scroll across the page to see the link’s.
By clicking on the Station Number’s below you will be taken to the individual gauge’s in graph form for that part of the river.,

Schuylkill River Basin Station Numbers

Station
Number Station name

These link’s shows the river Discharge, Gage height and Precipitation graphs for:

01471510       Schuylkill River at Reading, PA
01472000       Schuylkill River at Pottstown, PA
01473000       Perkiomen Creek at Graterford, PA
01473500       Schuylkill River at Norristown, PA

This one USGS link shows a combine Discharge and Gage height of the following stations:

01471510       Schuylkill River at Reading, PA
01472000       Schuylkill River at Pottstown, PA
01472810       East Branch Perkiomen Creek near Schwenksville, PA
01473000       Perkiomen Creek at Graterford, PA
01473500       Schuylkill River at Norristown, PA
01474500       Schuylkill River at Philadelphia, PA

This link show the Dam releases at Blue Marsh

Port Indian Flooding

Port Indian Area Reference Points for River Water Level gauges in Feet

River Level on March 27, 2005, a medium to high average water level in feet

Reading	4.5
Pottstown	4.0
Perkiomen – Schwenksville	3.0
Perkiomen – Graterford	2.0
Norristown	9.0
Philadelphia	6.75

River Level on March 28/29, 2005

Roadway into Port Indian closed.

Reading	10.5
Pottstown	10.3
Perkiomen – Schwenksville	8.0
Perkiomen – Graterford	10.7	Flood stage is at 10.5
Norristown	13.8
Philadelphia	10.0

River Level on April 2/3, 2005

Roadway into Port Indian closed, Water approximately 18 to 24 inches on parts of West Indian Lane

Reading	12.5
Pottstown	13.75	Flood Stage is 12.5
Perkiomen – Schwenksville	10.8
Perkiomen – Graterford	14.1	Flood stage is at 10.5
Norristown	16.0
Philadelphia	11.8

River Level on October 1st / 2nd, 2010 Port Indian flooding.

Reading	10.5 ft	norm is 3 ft, precipitation 5”
Pottstown	12 ft	norm is 2 ft, precipitation 6”
Perkiomen – Graterford	15ft	norm is 1ft, precipitation 10.5″
Norristown	18.3 ft	normal 8-9 ft, precipitation 6”