Monitoring location North Branch Potomac River Near Cumberland, MD - USGS-01603000

LOCATION.--on left bank at downstream side of Wiley Ford Bridge, 2.0 mi south of Cumberland, 2.1 mi downstream from Wills Creek, and at mile 19.6. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- May 1929 to current year. Gage-height records collected at various sites about 2.0 mi upstream from September 1901 to December 1932 and thereafter at present site, are contained in reports of the National Weather Service. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 584.41 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to June 18, 1929, nonrecording gage at same site and gage datum. REMARKS.-- Prior to July 1981, some regulation at low flow by Stony River Reservoir, 79 mi upstream from station. Low-flow regulation since December 1950 by Savage River Reservoir, 39 mi upstream from station (see station 01597500). Flow regulated since July 1981 by Jennings Randolph Lake, 43 mi upstream from station (see station 01595790). Prior to July 1957, small amount of inflow from industrial wastes and sewage from city of Cumberland from water diverted from Evitts Creek, mouth of which is downstream from station. Diversion to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal prior to 1935.