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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Information Water-quality 1983-03-31 1995-08-18
Inorganics, Major, Metals Water-quality 1993-10-07 1995-08-18
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals Water-quality 1993-10-07 1995-08-18
Inorganics, Minor, metals Water-quality 1993-10-07 1995-08-18
Nutrient Water-quality 1993-10-07 1995-08-18
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality 1982-10-01 2024-11-16
n/a Peak Measurements 1956-07-21 2022-12-23
n/a Site Visits 1982-12-16 2024-10-30
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2006-01-01 2023-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 01583600 is associated with a Stream in Baltimore County, Maryland. Current conditions of Discharge, Gage height, and Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988 are available. Water data back to 1956 are available online.

LOCATION.--On left bank of bridge on Maryland Route 45 (York Road) at Cockeysville, and 0.45 mi upstream from mouth PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1982 to current year. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 239.70 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Previously operated as a low-flow partial-record station during water years 1955-59 and 1962-64 at same site. Dec. 15, 1982 to June 15, 1993, water-stage recorder 600 ft downstream and 50 ft upstream from bridge on Beaverdam Run Lane at gage datum 238.29 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. REMARKS.--Water-quality records for some prior periods have been collected at this location.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
01583600 n/a
Site name
BEAVERDAM RUN AT COCKEYSVILLE, MD n/a
Site type
Stream
ST
DMS latitude 392908.1 n/a
DMS longitude 0763844.6 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.4855833 n/a
Decimal longitude -76.6457222 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from MAP. M
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 COCKEYSVILLE, MD n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 239.70 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Level or other surveyed method. L
Altitude accuracy .11 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 YNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried n/a
Drainage area
20.9 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

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