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STATION.--01485500 NASSAWANGO CREEK NEAR SNOW HILL, MD
LOCATION.--Lat 38°13'44.1", long 75°28'17.2", Worcester County, Hydrologic Unit 02060009,
on right bank 15 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 12, 0.5 mi upstream from Furnace Branch,
0.6 mi downstream from Millville Creek, 5.5 mi northwest of Snow Hill, and 7.3 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--44.9 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--December 1949 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1332: 1953.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 12.29 ft above National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929.
REMARKS.--U.S. Geological Survey gage-height telemeter at station. Water-quality data for some prior
years have been collected at this location.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 3,930 ft3/s, Aug. 19, 1989,
gage height, 9.07 ft; minimum discharge, 0.63 ft3/s, Aug. 14, 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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