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USGS 01645000 SENECA CREEK AT DAWSONVILLE, MD

 

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

 
 
LOCATION.--Lat 39°07'41.1", long 77°20'08.8", Montgomery County, Hydrologic Unit 02070008,
   on right bank 60 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 28, 150 ft downstream from mouth of Great
   Seneca Creek, 0.5 mi east of Dawsonville, and 5.8 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--101 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 1930 to current year.
REVISED RECORDS.--WSP 726: Drainage area. WSP 1232: 1930. WSP 1272: 1933. WSP 1432: 1934-35(M),
   1941(M). WDR MD-DE-74-1: 1970(M), WDR MD-DE-DC-03-1: 2002(M).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Concrete control since March 3, 1934. Datum of gage is 214.02 ft above
   National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Sept. 26 to Nov. 9, 1930, chain gage, and Nov. 10, 1930 to
   Apr. 6, 1934, water-stage recorder, at highway bridge 60 ft upstream at same datum.
REMARKS.--Small diversion at times for irrigation upstream from station. U.S. Geological Survey
   satellite data-collection platform at station. Water-quality records for some prior periods
   have been collected at this location.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 26,100 ft3/s, June 22, 1972,
   gage height, 16.40 ft; minimum discharge, 1.7 ft3/s,  Sept. 28, 29, 1930.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Interstate Commission on the
   Potomac River Basin, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
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This station managed by the MD-DE-DC Water Science Center, Baltimore office.

 
 
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00060 Discharge 2007-10-01  2013-05-25
00065 Gage height 2013-01-25  2013-05-25

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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 255   05-25-2013  22:45 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 26 based on 82 years of record more
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-- unavailable -- 27 58 91 135 140. 1200

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.69   05-25-2013  22:45 EST
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