River Conditions
Archbald Gage
Supplied by USGS: Maximum recordable gage height (stage sensor operational limit) - 19.2 ft; Data transmitter operational limit - 20.4 ft;
Supplied by NWS: Action stage - 6.2 ft; Flood stage - 8 ft; Moderate flood stage - 9 ft; Major flood stage - 10 ft
Leggett's Creek Gage
Supplied by NWS: Action stage - 6 ft; Flood stage - 7.5 ft, water begins to exit channel banks in areas near Parker Street outside of flood control structures; Moderate flood stage - 8 ft, sections of Scranton near Parker Street outside of flood control bank protection begin to get impacted by flood waters; Major flood stage - 9.5 ft; Leggett's Creek
Old Forge Gage
Supplied by NWS: Action stage - 7 ft; Flood stage - 11 ft, some roadways near the Lackawanna River in Old Forge and Moosic begin to be affected; Moderate flood stage - 13 ft, water begins to affect some homes and businesses on both sides of river; Major flood stage - 16 ft, many homes and businesses begin to be affected at this level
Graphical water flow information regarding Stillwater Dam and Aylesworth Dam is available from the USACE Baltimore District. Information on the River's level and discharge are available by accessing data from the four USGS stream flow gauging stations on the main stem of the Lackawanna River at Forest City, Archbald, Leggett's Creek, and Old Forge.