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Continuous data

3 data types available - data from 1981-01-30 to 2026-09-09

Daily data

1 data types available - data from 1947-10-01 to 2026-09-08

Field measurements

2 data types available - data from 1948-01-27 to 2026-08-13

Discrete sample data

533 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1948-02-18 to 2014-06-27

310 Sampling activities

Peak measurements

2 data types available - with data from 1948-01-01 to 2025-06-18

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1 data types available - data from 1947-10-01 to 2026-09-08

Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.-- On right downstream side of bridge on State Highway 194, 500 ft downstream from Bruceville, 3.6 mi upstream from Detour and confluence with Little Pipe Creek. PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1947 to current year. Prior to December 1947, monthly discharge only, published in WSP 1302. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, crest stage gage and concrete control. Datum of gage is 336.22 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to October 1, 2013, gage located on left bank, 300 ft downstream at same gage datum. REMARKS.--Occasional diversion for irrigation upstream from station.

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01639500	n/a
Location name	BIG PIPE CREEK AT BRUCEVILLE, MD	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	39.61236111111111	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-77.23744444444445	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from map	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
District	Maryland	24
State	Maryland	24
County	Carroll County	013
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	336.22 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	0.08 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Monocacy	02070009
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	102 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area		n/a
Time zone abbreviation	EST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	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

Monitoring location Big Pipe Creek at Bruceville, MD - USGS-01639500