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USGS 01586000 NORTH BRANCH PATAPSCO RIVER AT CEDARHURST, MD

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 
LOCATION.--Lat 39°30'13.2", long 76°53'05.5", Carroll County, Hydrologic Unit 02060003, 
   on left bank at downstream side of private footbridge at Cedarhurst, 0.8 mi downstream from Roaring Run,
   8 mi southeast of Westminster, and 16.5 mi upstream from confluence with South Branch.
DRAINAGE AREA.--56.6 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 1945 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 1903: 1959-60.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and concrete control. Datum of gage is 420.70 ft above National Geodetic
   Vertical Datum of 1929.
REMARKS.--Slight diurnal fluctuation at low and medium flow caused by mill upstream from station. Low flow
   affected slightly by Cranberry Reservoir since August 1957, capacity, 113,700,000 gal. U.S. Geological Survey 
   gage-height elemeter at station. Water-quality records for some prior have been collected at this location.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 27,800 ft3/s, Jun. 22, 1972,
   gage height, 20.75 ft; minimum discharge, 0.83 ft3/s, Aug. 22, 23, 2002.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Maryland State Highway
   Administration, and the U.S. Geological Survey.

 
 
Available Parameters
All 2 Available Parameters for this site
00060 Discharge
00065 Gage height

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 55   11-23-2009  13:15 EST
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Daily discharge statistics, in cfs, for Nov 23 based on 63 years of record more
Min
(1965)
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Median Mean Most Recent
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Max
(1953)
12 24 39 47 55 64 165

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.64   11-23-2009  13:15 EST
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