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USGS 01595500 NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER AT KITZMILLER, MD

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 
LOCATION.-- Lat 39°23'38.0", long 79°10'54.1", Garrett County, Hydrologic Unit 02070002,
   on left bank 0.6 mi downstream from bridge on State Highway 38 in Kitzmiller, 1.5 mi downstream
   from Wolfden Run, and at mile 68.9.
DRAINAGE AREA.--225 mi2
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1949 to September 1985, October 1985 to September 2003 
   (operated as a crest-stage partial-record station only), October 2003 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder.  Datum of gage is 1,572.26 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum
   of 1929.  Prior to Oct. 15, 1954, at site 0.3 mi upstream at datum 7.58 ft higher. Oct. 15, 1954,
   to Nov. 20, 1955, nonrecording gage at bridge 0.5 mi upstream at datum 21.51 ft higher. 
REMARKS.--Flow regulated by Stony River Reservoir, 30.0 mi upstream from station until use of 
   reservoir discontinued June 1987 (see station 01595200). Regulation since 1963 by Virginia Electric and 
   Power Company dam (Mount Storm Lake), 20.0 mi upstream from station. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite 
   collection platform at station.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
   and the U.S. Geological Survey.

 
 
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00060 Discharge
00065 Gage height

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 339   02-10-2010  04:15 EST
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Daily discharge statistics, in cfs, for Feb 10 based on 42 years of record more
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(1977)
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Max
(1957)
84 181 339 397 639 796 4730

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.07   02-10-2010  04:15 EST
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