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USGS 01643000 MONOCACY RIVER AT JUG BRIDGE NEAR FREDERICK, MD

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 
 

STATION.--01643000  MONOCACY RIVER AT JUG BRIDGE NEAR FREDERICK, MD
LOCATION.--Lat 39°24'10.2", long 77°21'57.9", Frederick County, Hydrologic Unit 02070009,
   on right bank 500 ft downstream from Interstate 70 highway bridge, 0.4 mi downstream from Linganore Creek,
   2.0 mi east of Frederick, and 16.9 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--817 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1929 to current year.  Monthly discharge only for October, November 1929,
   published in WSP 1302.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 711:  1930.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder.  Nonrecording gage at site 0.2 mile downstream. Datum of gage is
   231.92 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
REMARKS.--Occasional regulation at low and medium flows since September 1972 by Linganore Reservoir,
   total capacity, 883,200,000 gal, 2.8 mi upstream from station. National Weather Service gage-height
   telemeter at station. U.S. Geological Survey satellite collection platform at station. Water-quality records for
   some prior periods have been collected at this location.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 81,600 ft3/s, June 23, 1972,
   gage height, 35.90 ft; minimum discharge, 17 ft3/s,  Sept. 11, 13, 1966.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood in June 1889 reached a stage of 30 ft, from floodmarks,
   discharge, 56,000 ft3/s.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Maryland State Highway Administration,
   National Park Service, and the U.S. Geological Survey.

 
 

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent value: 570   11-19-2004  05:30
Graph of  Discharge, cubic feet per second
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00060; DD 02
Daily mean flow statistics for 11/19 based on 74 years of record in ft3/sec
Current Flow Minimum Mean Maximum 80 percent exceedance 50 percent exceedance 20 percent exceedance
570  73 606 4,220 162 330 731

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: 2.58   11-19-2004  05:30
Graph of  Gage height, feet
Download a presentation-quality graph Parameter Code 00065; DD 03

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