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Potomac River at Burkittsville RD at Brunswick, MD - 01636765

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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2024-11-07 2025-02-07
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Monitoring location 01636765 is associated with a Stream in Frederick County, Maryland. Current conditions of Gage height and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 2024 are available online.

LOCATION.--on downstream side of MD-17 (Burkittsville Road) bridge, 0.3 miles southwest of Brunswick MD. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- November 7, 2024 to current year. GAGE (MANU).-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 212.94 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. REMARKS (MANU).-- This is a stage-only station. Discharge is not determined at this location. U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01636765 n/a
Site name
POTOMAC RIVER AT BURKITTSVILLE RD AT BRUNSWICK, MD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 391831.93 n/a
DMS longitude 0773751.56 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.30886944 n/a
Decimal longitude -77.63098889 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
Latitude-longitude accuracy
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). 1
Latitude-longitude datum
North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum North American Datum of 1983 NAD83
District
Maryland 24
State
Maryland 24
County
Frederick County 021
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map Harpers Ferry n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 212.94 feet n/a
Method altitude determined GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System X
Altitude accuracy .13 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
Middle Potomac-Catoctin 02070008
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
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Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files n/a
National aquifer n/a
Local aquifer n/a
Local aquifer type
n/a
Well depth n/a
Hole depth
n/a
Source of depth data n/a
Project number n/a