USGS Current Conditions for USGS 01580700 SWAN CREEK AT SWAN CREEK, MD x

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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LOCATION.--Lat 39°31'21.5", long 76°08'32.2", Harford County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02060003, on left bank at
downstream side of State Highway 40 bridge, 100 ft upstream from railroad overpass, 0.3 mi west of Swan Creek,
0.85 mi east of Aberdeen, 2.1 mi upstream of confluence with Gasheys Creek, and 4 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--13.2 mi².
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 2007 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest stage gage. Datum of gage is 21.20 ft above North American Vertical Datum
of 1988. Previously operated as a low-flow partial record station during water years 1956-59, 1962, 1963, 1966
at same location.
REMARKS.--U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 3,360 ft³/s, Apr. 30, 2014, gage height, 11.62 ft;
minimum discharge, 0.09 ft³/s, Sept. 3-5, 2008, Aug. 11, 12, 2010.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Harford County Department of Public
Works, and the U.S. Geological Survey.

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This station managed by the MD-DE-DC Water Science Center Baltimore office.