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STATION.--01589440 JONES FALLS AT SORRENTO, MD
LOCATION.--Lat 39°23'30.2", long 76°39'39.4", Baltimore County, Hydrologic Unit 02060003, on right
bank 0.3 mi downstream from bridge on State Highway 25 (Falls Road), 0.4 mi downstream Slaughterhouse Branch and
Sorrento, and 12.5 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--25.2 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--Annual maximum, water years 1958-66. April 1966 to September 1988, October 1996 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 240 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929,
from topographic map. January 1958 to April 1966, non-recording gage at site 450 ft upstream at same
gage datum.
REMARKS.--U.S. Geological Survey satellite collection platform at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 13,800 ft3/s, Jun. 22, 1972,
gage height, 18.11 ft; minimum discharge, 1.3 ft3/s, Aug. 14, 15, 2002.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Baltimore County Department of
Environmental Protection & Resource Management (DEPRM), and the U.S. Geological Survey.
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