West Branch Herring Run at Idlewylde, MD

Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.--On left bank 40 ft downstream from bridge on Regester Avenue, at Idlewylde, 0.1 mi north of Baltimore City limits, 1.0 mi upstream from mouth, and 1.3 mi east of State Highway 45. PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1957 to May 1965, January 1966 to September 1987, October 1996 to current year. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gages, and concrete control. Datum of gage is 278.16 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to May 31, 1965, at site 40 ft upstream at gage datum 3.24 ft higher. REMARKS.-- Diurnal fluctuation (occasionally extensive) caused by unknown source upstream from station.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01585200	_n/a
Site name	WEST BRANCH HERRING RUN AT IDLEWYLDE, MD	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	392225.1	_n/a
DMS longitude	0763503.6	_n/a
Decimal latitude	39.37363889	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-76.5843333	_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	BALTIMORE EAST, MD	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	278.16 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.13 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	YNNNYNYNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	2.13 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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Baltimore County, Maryland

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds