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Continuous data graphs North Branch Potomac River at Kitzmiller, MD - USGS-01595500

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LOCATION.-- On left bank 0.6 mi downstream from bridge on State Highway 38 in Kitzmiller, 1.5 mi downstream from Wolfden Run, and at mile 68.9. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- October 1949 to September 1985, October 1985 to September 2003 (operated as a crest-stage partial-record station only), October 2003 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 1,571.73 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to Oct. 15, 1954, at site 0.3 mi upstream at gage datum 1579.84 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. Oct. 15, 1954, to Nov. 20, 1955, nonrecording gage at bridge 0.5 mi upstream at gage datum 1572.26 ft. REMARKS.-- Flow regulated by Stony River Reservoir, 30.0 mi upstream from station until use of reservoir discontinued in June 1987 (see station 01595200). Regulation since 1963 by Virginia Electric and Power Company dam (Mount Storm Lake), 20.0 mi upstream from station.

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