North Branch Potomac River at Luke, MD

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North Branch Potomac River at Luke, MD - 01598500

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April 3, 2025 - April 10, 2025

Gage height, feet

1.89 ft - Apr 10, 2025 03:00:00 AM EDT

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Gage height, feet

Recorded

Data approval period

Provisional

Flood stages in ft

Action stage

10.5

Minor flood stage

12.5

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Operational limits in ft

0.15

Operational limit (minimum) Orifice elevation

16.55

Operational limit (maximum) Bottom of instrument shelter

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Time

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1.89 ft

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Apr 10, 2025

03:00:00 AM EDT

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1.89 ft

Provisional

Apr 10, 2025

03:00:00 AM EDT

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Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-04-10T03:00:00.000-04:00	1.89	Provisional
2025-04-10T02:45:00.000-04:00	1.89	Provisional
2025-04-10T02:30:00.000-04:00	1.88	Provisional
2025-04-10T02:15:00.000-04:00	1.88	Provisional
2025-04-10T02:00:00.000-04:00	1.89	Provisional
2025-04-10T01:45:00.000-04:00	1.89	Provisional
2025-04-10T01:30:00.000-04:00	1.89	Provisional
2025-04-10T01:15:00.000-04:00	1.89	Provisional
2025-04-10T01:00:00.000-04:00	1.88	Provisional
2025-04-10T00:45:00.000-04:00	1.89	Provisional
2025-04-10T00:30:00.000-04:00	1.89	Provisional
2025-04-10T00:15:00.000-04:00	1.89	Provisional
2025-04-10T00:00:00.000-04:00	1.89	Provisional
2025-04-09T23:45:00.000-04:00	1.89	Provisional
2025-04-09T23:30:00.000-04:00	1.89	Provisional
2025-04-09T23:15:00.000-04:00	1.89	Provisional

USGS Parameter Group	Data Types	Start Date	End Date
Information	Water-quality	1981-10-01	1984-08-29
Inorganics, Major, Metals	Water-quality	1967-09-06	1967-10-31
Inorganics, Major, Non-metals	Water-quality	1967-09-06	1967-10-31
Inorganics, Minor, metals	Water-quality	1967-09-06	1967-10-31
Nutrient	Water-quality	1967-09-06	1967-10-31
Physical	Daily Values, Unit Values, Water-quality	1899-06-27	2025-04-10
_n/a	Peak Measurements	1900-06-17	2024-04-03
_n/a	Site Visits	1949-10-26	2025-03-06
_n/a	USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site	2006-01-01	2024-01-01

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01598500	_n/a
Site name	NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER AT LUKE, MD	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	392844.3	_n/a
DMS longitude	0790349.6	_n/a
Decimal latitude	39.4789722	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-79.0637778	_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	Allegany County	001
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	WESTERNPORT	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	943.68 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model	N
Altitude accuracy	.1 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	North Branch Potomac	02070002
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	406 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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