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Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.-- On right bank at Deer Creek pumping station, 1.4 miles southeast of Darlington, 0.7 mile east of Wilson Mill, and 3.5 miles upstream from mouth. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- January 2000 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 46.40 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01580520	n/a
Location name	DEER CREEK NEAR DARLINGTON, MD	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	39.617444444444445	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-76.19186111111111	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
District	Maryland	24
State	Maryland	24
County	Harford County	025
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	46.4 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	0.16 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	164 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 Deer Creek Near Darlington, MD - USGS-01580520