Important information about this monitoring location
LOCATION.--on right bank, approximately 200 ft downstream of wooden foot bridge along walking path in Harford Glen Park, 2.4 mi northwest of Abingdon, 4.3 mi south of Bel Air, and approximately 300 ft upstream of confluence with Atkisson Reservoir. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- October 2009 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 120.91 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to January 26, 2017, at site 110 ft upstream on right bank at same gage datum. Prior to July 17, 2019, at site 100 ft upstream on left bank at same gage datum.
Location details and information
Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
---|---|---|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
Site identification number
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0158175320 | n/a |
Site name
|
WHEEL CREEK NEAR ABINGDON, MD | n/a |
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
DMS latitude | 392853.2 | n/a |
DMS longitude | 0762025.6 | n/a |
Decimal latitude | 39.48144444 | n/a |
Decimal longitude | -76.34044444 | n/a |
Latitude-longitude method
|
Interpolated from Digital MAP. | N |
Latitude-longitude accuracy
|
Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS). | 1 |
Latitude-longitude datum
|
North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum | North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
District
|
Maryland | 24 |
State
|
Maryland | 24 |
County
|
Harford County | 025 |
Country | US | n/a |
Land net location description | n/a | |
Name of location map | EDGEWOOD, MARYLAND | n/a |
Scale of location map | 24000 | n/a |
Altitude of Gage/land surface | 120.91 feet | n/a |
Method altitude determined | GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System | X |
Altitude accuracy | 0.3 feet | n/a |
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
020600030102 | |
Drainage basin
|
n/a | |
Topographic setting
|
Stream channel
|
C |
Flags for instruments at site | YNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
Date of first construction
|
n/a | |
Date site established or inventoried | 20090720 | n/a |
Drainage area
|
0.66 square miles | n/a |
Contributing drainage area | n/a | |
Time Zone abbreviation | EST | n/a |
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
|
Y | n/a |
Data reliability
|
n/a | |
Data-other GW files | 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 | |
Project number | n/a |