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Potomac River at Point of Rocks, MD - 01638500

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Potomac River at Point of Rocks, MD - 01638500
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February 11, 2025 - February 18, 2025
Gage height, feet
6.48 ft - Feb 18, 2025 09:45:00 PM EST
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Gage height, feetGage height, feet from February 11, 2025 - February 18, 2025Feb 12Feb 13Feb 14Feb 15Feb 16Feb 17Feb 184.55.05.56.06.5ft
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Value
Status
Time
Latest value
6.48 ft
Provisional
Feb 18, 2025
21:45:00 PM EST
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6.48 ft
Provisional
Feb 18, 2025
09:45:00 PM EST
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Continuous data

8 data types available - data from 1972-05-24 to 2025-02-18
Continuous data are collected via automated sensors installed at a monitoring location.
Data type
Data date range
Gage height, feet
2007-10-01 - 2025-02-18
Discharge, cubic feet per second
1972-05-24 - 2025-02-18
Dissolved oxygen, water, unfiltered, milligrams per liter
2021-05-07 - 2025-02-18
pH, water, unfiltered, field, standard units
2021-05-07 - 2025-02-18
Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
2021-05-07 - 2025-02-18
Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
2024-10-21 - 2025-02-18
Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
2021-05-07 - 2025-02-18
Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
2021-05-07 - 2025-02-18

Daily data

8 data types available - data from 1895-02-01 to 2025-02-17

Field measurements - Coming soon

0 data types available

Discrete sample data

0 observed properties (data types) available
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