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Hydrological Statement
National Weather Service State College PA
1239 PM EST Thu Jan 8 2026

...RIVER ICE STATEMENT...

...WEST BRANCH RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES...

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/04/2026 12:36:14   ID: 47
     LOCATION: WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA. RIVER 2.5MI UPSTREAM
     FROM THE CONFLUENCE WITH THE NORTH BRANCH.
     REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE.  THE ICE EXTENDS 5
     FEET FROM THE WEST SHORE AND 2 FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE.  IN
     GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 70 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS OPEN.
     THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN WATER.  THE ICE CONSISTS OF
     FRAZIL PANS.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/01/2026 20:51:48   ID: 71
     LOCATION: WEST BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA RIVER, MILTON - WEST
     MILTON BRIDGE (SR 642).
     REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE.  THE ICE EXTENDS 10
     FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE AND 10 FEET FROM THE WEST SHORE.  IN
     GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 50 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS OPEN.
     THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN WATER.  THE ICE CONSISTS OF
     FRAZIL SLUSH.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/04/2026 10:49:08   ID: 13
     LOCATION: WEST BRANCH OF THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT THE
     VETERANS BRIDGE AREA IN LOCK HAVEN.
     REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE.  THE ICE EXTENDS 400'
     FEET FROM THE SOUTH SHORE AND 200 FEET FROM THE NORTH
     SHORE.  IN GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 40 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS
     OPEN. THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN WATER.  THE ICE CONSISTS
     OF PIECES OF SHEET ICE.

...MAIN STEM RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES...

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/06/2026 14:23:28   ID: 76
     LOCATION: LOWER SUSQUEHANNA RIVER FROM MARIETTA
     DOWNRIVER TO SAFE HARBOR DAM.
     REPORT:   THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
     NEAR MARIETTA.  THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE
     COVER IS NEAR SAFE HARBOR.  THE DATE OF COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS
     1/6/2026.  REMARKS: PACKED SLUSH FROM MARIETTA TO
     WRIGHTSVILLE. SHEET ICE FROM WRIGHTSVILLE TO SAFE HARBOR.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/03/2026 10:57:31   ID: 20
     LOCATION: COLUMBIA BOROUGH RIVER PARK/RTE. 462 BRIDGE.
     REPORT:   THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS
     NEAR RTE 30 BRIDGE.  THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE
     COVER IS NEAR ISLANDS BELOW COLUMBIA.  REMARKS: THERE IS A
     SLIGHT RISE IN RIVER LEVEL WITH SOME ICE PUSHED ON SHORELINE
     AT PARK.  ICE APPEARS TO BE 2" TO 3" THICK.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/04/2026 12:52:56   ID: 29
     LOCATION: SUSQUEHANNA RIVER AT MARIETTA.
     REPORT:   ICE JAM. SLUSH COVER ALL ACROSS. IN CENTER OF
     TOWN IS MOVING SLOWLY, BUT AT EAST END IS NOT MOVING. LOOKS
     LIKE THERE COULD BE A JAM AT BEND AT CHICKIES ROCKS, BUT I
     CAN NOT GET A GOOD LOOK AT IT. THERE IS NO MOVEMENT.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/07/2026 16:54:09   ID: 3
     LOCATION: SUSQUEHANA RIVER AT ACCOMAC, YORK COUNTY, PA
     .
     REPORT:   HUMMOCKED FROZEN SLUSH ICE COVERS 98% OF THE
     SURFACE OBSERVED FROM ACCOMAC ROAD TO THE MARIETTA BEND.
     HUMMOCKS UP TO A FOOT TALL HAVE FORMED ACROSS THE ICE SURFACE.
     THE ICE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE MOVING AS IT WAS 24 HOURS AGO.
      A MILE UPSTREAM FROM ACCOMAC ROAD, THE COVERED SURFACE
     ABRUPTLY BECOMES 90% OPEN WATER WITH BORDER ICE ON BOTH SHORES.
     THE SURFACE IS OPEN AS FAR UPSTREAM AS ONE CAN SEE TOWARD
     SHOCK'S MILL RAILROAD BRIDGE. ICE FLOES ABOUT TEN FT. LONG,
     SPARCELY DISTRIBUTED ACROSS THE ENTIRE OPEN SURFACE, ARE
     MOVING TO JOIN THE ICE PACK OR TO JOIN THE THE BORDER ICE.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/08/2026 08:32:54   ID: 27
     LOCATION: NORTH FRONT STREET, HARRISBURG, PA.
     REPORT: THERE IS NO ICE IN THE WATER.  REMARKS: EAST
     SHORE ON SOUTH FRONT ST NEAR THE DOCK STREET DAM, HARRISBURG,
     PA NO ICE.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/03/2026 10:53:54   ID: 23
     LOCATION: FORT HUNTER, HARRISBURG.
     REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE.  THE ICE EXTENDS 30
     FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE.  IN GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 30
     PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS OPEN. THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN
     WATER.  THE ICE CONSISTS OF FRAZIL PANS.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/02/2026 14:43:51   ID: 32
     LOCATION: WEST FAIRVIEW FRONT STREET.
     REPORT:   IN GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 100 PERCENT OF THE
     CHANNEL IS OPEN. THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN WATER.  THE
     ICE CONSISTS OF FRAZIL SLUSH.

DATE OF OBSERVATION: 01/08/2026 08:37:05   ID: 1
     LOCATION: SUNBURY BELOW DAM.
     REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE.  THE ICE EXTENDS 3
     FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE AND 3 FEET FROM THE WEST SHORE.  IN
     GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 90 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS OPEN.
     THERE IS OPEN WATER, BUT IT IS CLEAR OF ANY MOVING ICE.

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