PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION
STATION.--01599000 GEORGES CREEK AT FRANKLIN, MD LOCATION.--Lat 39°29'38.1", long 79°02'40.9", Allegany County, Hydrologic Unit 02070002, on right bank at Franklin, and 1.2 mi upstream from Westernport and mouth. DRAINAGE AREA.--72.4 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 1905 to July 1906 (published as "at Westernport"), October 1929 to current year. REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 726: Drainage area. WSP 1502: 1940. WDR MD-DE-86-1: 1984(M). GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 958.18 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. May 4, 1905, to July 15, 1906, nonrecording gage at bridge 0.8 mi downstream at different datum. Oct. 16, 1929, to Oct. 1, 1937, water- stage recorder at site 95 ft downstream at present datum. REMARKS.--Records include about 0.5 ft3/s of sewage from city of Frostburg, which obtains its water supply from Big Piney Run (Monongahela River basin) and Savage River. A negligible discharge is diverted upstream from station by Frostburg Water Co. for municipal supplies of Eckhart and Welsh Hill. An undetermined amount of water is diverted from the upper third of basin into the Wills Creek basin by the Hoffman drainage tunnel (see station 01601500). National Weather Service gage-height telemeter at station. EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 8,500 ft3/s, Mar. 17, 1936, gage height, 9,60 ft, at site then in use; maximum gage height, 12.77 ft, Sept. 6, 1996; minimum discharge, 1.6 ft3/s, Sept. 29 to Oct. 13, 1930. EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Mar. 29, 1924, reached a stage of about 10 ft, from floodmarks, at site 95 ft downstream. COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Maryland State Highway Administration, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
