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LOCATION.--Near outflow of lake, 6.8 miles upstream of mouth, 1.4 miles west of Shawsville. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- January 2026 to present. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 0.00 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

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Little Deer Creek Reservoir near Shawsville

Little Deer Creek Reservoir near Shawsville, MD

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01579920	n/a
Location name	Little Deer Creek Reservoir near Shawsville, MD	n/a
Site type	Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment	LK
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	39.64063888888889	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-76.52758333333333	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from digital map	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS).	1
District	Maryland	24
State	Maryland	24
County	Harford County	025
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	0	n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	0.12 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Lower Susquehanna	02050306
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	1.42 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area		n/a
Time zone abbreviation	EST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	n/a
National aquifer		n/a
Local aquifer		n/a
Local aquifer type		n/a
Well depth		n/a
Hole depth		n/a
Source of depth data		n/a

Monitoring location Little Deer Creek Reservoir near Shawsville, MD - USGS-01579920