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STATION.--01492500 SALLIE HARRIS CREEK NEAR CARMICHAEL, MD.
LOCATION.--Lat 38°57'53.6", long 76°06'31.8", Queen Anne County, Hydrologic Unit 02060002,
on left bank at downstream side of eastbound lanes of bridge on U.S. Route 50, 2.0 mi northeast of Carmichael,
2.2 mi northwest of Wye Mills, and 2.4 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--8.09 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1951 to September 1956. Annual maximum, water years 1957-81. October 2000
to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Elevation of gage is 5.96 ft above National Geodetic
Vertical Datum of 1929. June 1951 to September 1956 recording gage at site 30 ft upstream from present site
at datum 9.38 ft higher.
REMARKS.--U.S. Geological Survey gage-height telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 1,030 ft3/s, Aug. 15, 1955,
gage height, 7.02 ft (at previous site and datum); minimum discharge, 0.67 ft3/s, Aug. 21, 2002.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by Maryland Geological Survey,
and the U.S. Geological Survey.
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