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STATION.--01595000 N B POTOMAC R AT STEYER, MD.
LOCATION.-- Lat 39°18'06.8", long 79°18'24.8", Garrett County, Hydrologic Unit 02070002,
on left bank 0.3 mi southeast of Steyer, 0.4 mi downstream from Steyer Run, 2.0 mi northeast of Gorman,
and at mile 81.8.
DRAINAGE AREA.--73.1 mi2
PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1956 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 2,276.01 ft above National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929.
REMARKS.--U.S. Geological Survey satellite collection platform at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 11,500 ft3/s, Nov. 5, 1985,
gage height, 13.14 ft; minimum discharge, 2.7 ft3/s, Aug. 18, 1999.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Oct. 15, 1954, reached a stage of 13.0 ft, from floodmarks;
discharge, 11,300 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 3,000 ft3/s on basis of
slope-area measurement at gage height of 10.30 ft.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Maryland State Highway Administration,
and the U. S. Geological Survey.
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