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Hydrological Statement

National Weather Service State College PA

1232 PM EST Mon Feb 2 2026



...RIVER ICE STATEMENT...



...WEST BRANCH RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES...



DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/29/2026 13:56:30   ID: 71

     LOCATION: WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, MILTON-WEST

     MILTON RIVER BRIDGE (SR 642).

     REPORT:   THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS

     NEAR NORTH OF THE I-80 BRIDGE.  THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE

     COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR SOUTH TO LEWISBURG AND BEYOND. 

     THE DATE OF COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS 1/27/2026.



DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/30/2026 10:38:53   ID: 13

     LOCATION: WEST BRANCH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT

     VETERANS BRIDGE IN LOCK HAVEN.

     REPORT:   THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS

     NEAR AT LEAST A MILE.  THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE

     ICE COVER IS NEAR A QUARTER MILE TO TIDLOW DAM.  THE DATE OF

     COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS 1/19/2026.



...MAIN STEM RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES...



DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/28/2026 07:29:19   ID: 8

     LOCATION: 714 RIVER ROAD.

     REPORT:   THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS

     NEAR AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE.  THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE

     COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE.  THE

     DATE OF COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS 1/28/2026.



DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/28/2026 15:05:07   ID: 76

     LOCATION: LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FROM SAFE HARBOR DAM

     UPRIVER TO MARIETTA.

     REPORT:   THE LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER IS LARGELY

     COVERED WITH SHEET ICE FROM SAFE HARBOR DAM UPRIVER TO NEAR

     CHICKIES CREEK.



DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/31/2026 09:16:07   ID: 20

     LOCATION: COLUMBIA BOROUGH RIVER PARK/RTE. 462 BRIDGE.

     REPORT:   THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS

     NEAR ABOVE ROUTE 30 BRIDGE.  THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE

     COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR AT LEAST A MILE BELOW COLUMBIA IF NOT

     FURTHER.  THE DATE OF COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS 1/28/2026. 

     REMARKS: TOTALLY SNOW COVERED ALSO.



DATE OF OBSERVATION: 02/01/2026 17:46:51   ID: 3

     LOCATION: SUSQUEHANA RIVER AT ACCOMAC,  YORK COUNTY, 

     PA.

     REPORT:   FROZEN FRAZIL SLUSH ICE COVERS ABOUT 75% OF

     THE SURFACE. SHEET ICE FORMS IN THE SPACES IN THE FRAZIL ICE.

     THE SPACES ARE LARGER IN SIZE THAN THEY WERE OBSERVED 24

     HOURS AGO. THERE IS NO CHANNEL OF OPEN WATER AND NO ICE IS

     MOVING.  ABOUT TWO MILES UPRIVER, ROUGHLY 50% OF THE SURFACE

     CONSISTS OF FROZEN FRAZIL SLUSH AND THE OTHER 50% IS OPEN

     WATER. BORDER ICE EXTENDS OUT 50 TO 100 FEET ON THE WEST SHORE.

     BORDER ICE IS VISIBLE ACROSS THE RIVER. BECAUSE THE OPEN

     WATER IS BOUND BY FROZEN FRAZIL ICE ON ALL SIDES, THERES NO

     CHANNEL OF OPEN WATER.  NO ICE IS MOVING.



DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/29/2026 13:34:47   ID: 32

     LOCATION: FRONT STREET JUST NORTH OF WEST FAIRVIEW BOAT

     LAUNCH .

     REPORT:   THE DATE OF COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS 1/29/2026.



DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/29/2026 11:32:01   ID: 19

     LOCATION: SHERMANS CREEK NEAR INTERSECTION OF ROUTE 850

     AND MILL ROAD IN SPRING TOWNSHIP, PERRY COUNTY.

     REPORT:   100% ICE COVERAGE WITH SNOW ON TOP.



DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/29/2026 08:56:57   ID: 1

     LOCATION: SUNBURY BELOW DAM.

     REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE.  THE ICE EXTENDS 30

     FEET FROM THE WEST SHORE AND 10 FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE.  IN

     GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS OPEN.

     THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN WATER.  THE ICE CONSISTS OF

     FRAZIL PANS.



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