Expires:202601071945;;900924 FGUS81 KCTP 061931 RVSCTP PAZ004-005-010>012-017>019-024>028-033-034-037-041-042-045-046- 049>053-056>059-063-065-066-071945- Hydrological Statement National Weather Service State College PA 231 PM EST Tue Jan 6 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: ALERT LEVEL 2. 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 WATER 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: 01/05/2026 17:02:24 ID: 3 LOCATION: SUSQUEHANA RIVER AT ACCOMAC, YORK COUNTY, PA . REPORT: THE UPSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR OBSERVED AT ACCOMAC THE DISTANCE FROM THE MARIETTA RIVER BEND UP TO SHOCKS MILLS RAILROAD BRIDGE. THE DOWNSTREAM END OF THE COMPLETE ICE COVER IS NEAR AS OBSERVED FROM ACCOMAC DOWNSTAIRS TOWARD THE RIVER BEND AT MARIETTA. THE DATE OF COMPLETE ICE COVER WAS 1/5/2026. REMARKS: FROZEN SLUSH ICE COVERS THE SURFACE FROM SHORE TO SHORE AND IS 95% HUMMOCKED. 80% OF THAT ICE IS PUSHED UP ABOUT A FOOT IN HEIGHT. COVERED SURFACE IS STATIONARY FROM THE SOUTH SHORE OUT TO ABOUT 60 FEET. BEYOND 60 FEET, THE FROZEN HUMMOCKED SURFACE IS SLOWLY MOVING. 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: 12/31/2025 10:56:47 ID: 1 LOCATION: BELOW DAM. REPORT: THERE IS SOME BORDER ICE. THE ICE EXTENDS 20 FEET FROM THE EAST SHORE AND 10 FEET FROM THE WEST 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: 12/30/2025 21:35:51 ID: 43 LOCATION: NORTH BRANCH SUSQUEHANNA AT DANVILLE. REPORT: IN GENERAL, APPROXIMATELY 80 PERCENT OF THE CHANNEL IS OPEN. THERE IS SOME ICE IN THE OPEN WATER. THE ICE CONSISTS OF FRAZIL SLUSH. REMARKS: A SMALL AMOUNT OF BORDER ICE AT CURVES, OTHERWISE FRAZIL SLUSH EXCEPT THE MAIN CURRENT IS CLEAR. $$