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Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.-- On downstream side of Monocacy Blvd. bridge, 0.4 mi south of MD Route 26 (Liberty Road), 1.7 mi downstream from Israel Creek, 4.5 mi upstream from Linganore Creek, and 21.8 mi upstream from mouth. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- October 2003 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 240.16 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

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City of Frederick

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01642190	n/a
Location name	MONOCACY RIVER AT MONOCACY BLVD AT FREDERICK, MD	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	39.443583	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-77.382278	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from digital map	N
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .5 sec (PLGR/PPS GPS).	5
District	Maryland	24
State	Maryland	24
County	Frederick County	021
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	240.16 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	0.11 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	703 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 Monocacy River at Monocacy Blvd at Frederick, MD - USGS-01642190