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STATION.--01485000 POCOMOKE RIVER NEAR WILLARDS, MD
LOCATION.--Lat 38°23'20.0", long 75°19'28.0", Worcester County, Hydrologic Unit 02060009,
on left bank 30 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 346, 0.6 mi upstream from Burnt Mill
Branch, 1.3 mi east of Willards, 1.3 mi west of Whaleysville, and 50.3 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--60.5 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--December 1949 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1332: 1953.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 13.95 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
REMARKS.--Water-quality data for some prior years have been collected at this location. U.S. Geological
Survey gage-height telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 2,820 ft3/s, Aug. 20, 1989,
gage height, 15.41 ft; minimum discharge, 0.93 ft3/s, Aug. 22, 2002.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Maryland Geological Survey,
and the U.S. Geological Survey.
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