Gunpowder Falls Near Parkton, MD - 01581920
Datum of gage above NAVD88 will be updated from 355.43 ft to 349.61 ft on August 26, 2025. The local gage datum will remain the same.
Location details and information
Metadata Element | Location Metadata | Metadata Code |
---|---|---|
Agency
|
U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
Site identification number
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01581920 | n/a |
Site name
|
GUNPOWDER FALLS NEAR PARKTON, MD | n/a |
Site type
|
Stream
|
ST |
DMS latitude | 393708.6 | n/a |
DMS longitude | 0764125.3 | n/a |
Decimal latitude | 39.61905556 | n/a |
Decimal longitude | -76.6903611 | n/a |
Latitude-longitude method
|
Interpolated from Digital MAP. | N |
Latitude-longitude accuracy
|
Accurate to + or - 1 sec. | S |
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
|
Baltimore County | 005 |
Country | US | n/a |
Land net location description | n/a | |
Name of location map | HEREFORD, MD | n/a |
Scale of location map | 24000 | n/a |
Altitude of Gage/land surface | 355.43 feet | n/a |
Method altitude determined | Differentially corrected Global Positioning System. | D |
Altitude accuracy | .01 feet | n/a |
Altitude datum
|
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
Subbasin hydrologic unit
|
Gunpowder-Patapsco | 02060003 |
Drainage basin
|
n/a | |
Topographic setting
|
n/a | |
Flags for instruments at site | YNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
Date of first construction
|
n/a | |
Date site established or inventoried | n/a | |
Drainage area
|
81.5 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 | NNNNNNNN | 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 |