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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01646502 POTOMAC RIVER (ADJUSTED) NEAR WASH, DC
LOCATION - Lat 38°56'59.2", long 77°07'39.5" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Montgomery County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02070008, on left bank just upstream from Little Falls Dam, 1 mi upstream from District of Columbia boundary line, 1.2 mi upstream from Chain Bridge, 1.8 mi east of Langley, Fairfax County, and at mile 117.4.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - March 1930 to current year.
GAGE - Record includes computed discharge at 01646500 POTOMAC RIVER NEAR WASHINGTON, DC along with furnished records of diversions. Datum of gage is 37.20 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
REMARKS - Water Years 2017-2020: Records good, except those for estimated discharges, which are poor.
Water Years 2015-2016: Records fair, except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Water Year 2014: Records fair, no estimated daily discharges.
Water Year 2013 and prior years’ accuracy statements can be found in Annual Water Data Reports.
Adjusted records include diversions for municipal supply of Washington, D.C., Washington Suburban Sanitary District, city of Rockville, city of Fairfax (from Goose Creek), Fairfax County, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Furnished records provided by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, city of Rockville, Loudoun Water, and Fairfax County Water Authority.
Adjusted records include diversions for municipal supply of Washington, D.C., Washington Suburban Sanitary District, city of Rockville, city of Fairfax (from Goose Creek), Fairfax County, and the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Furnished records provided by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, city of Rockville, Loudoun Water, and Fairfax County Water Authority.
