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Continuous data

1 data types available - data from 2014-05-20 to 2025-05-23

Daily data

2 data types available - data from 1981-12-31 to 2025-05-22

Field measurements

3 data types available - data from 1981-11-13 to 2018-05-30

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37 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1981-12-31 to 1986-05-21

206 Sampling activities

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2 data types available - data from 1981-12-31 to 2025-05-22

Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.--on left bank 600 ft downstream from dam on Hunting Creek Lake, 1.6 mi upstream from Bear Branch, 2.4 mi west of Thurmont, and 10.7 mi upstream from mouth. PERIOD OF RECORD.--December 1981 to May 1986. Prior to October 20, 2021, published as HUNTING CREEK NEAR THURMONT, MD. PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD (WQ).--WATER TEMPERATURE: May 2014 to May 2025.

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Maryland Department of Natural Resources, Maryland Geological Survey

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01640975	n/a
Location name	BIG HUNTING CREEK NEAR THURMONT, MD	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	39.63008333333333	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-77.45527777777778	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
District	Maryland	24
State	Maryland	24
County	Frederick County	021
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	944 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model	N
Altitude accuracy	1.6 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	7.08 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 Hunting Creek Near Thurmont, MD - USGS-01640975