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USGS 01595000 NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER AT STEYER, MD

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 
 
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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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 178   11-19-2004  16:00
Graph of  Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 01
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 47 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
178  15 124 498 43.0 84.0 193

Percent exceedance means that 80, 50, or 20 percent of all daily mean flows for 11/19 have been greater than the value shown.


Gage height, feet
Most recent value: 2.79   11-19-2004  16:00
Graph of  Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 02

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