Monocacy River at Jug Bridge Near Frederick, MD

Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.-- On right bank 500 ft downstream from Interstate 70 highway bridge, 0.4 mi downstream from Linganore Creek, 2.0 mi east of Frederick, and 16.9 mi upstream from mouth. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- October 1929 to current year. Monthly discharge only for October, November 1929, published in WSP 1302. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Nonrecording gage at site 0.2 mile downstream. Datum of gage is 231.09 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. REMARKS.--Occasional regulation at low and medium flows since September 1972 by Linganore Reservoir, total capacity, 883,200,000 gal, 2.8 mi upstream from station.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01643000	_n/a
Site name	MONOCACY RIVER AT JUG BRIDGE NEAR FREDERICK, MD	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	392410.2	_n/a
DMS longitude	0772157.9	_n/a
Decimal latitude	39.4028333	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-77.3660833	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum	North American Datum of 1983	NAD83
District	Maryland	24
State	Maryland	24
County	Frederick County	021
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	Walkersville	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	231.09 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	.03 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Monocacy	02070009
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YYYNYNYNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	817 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	EST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
Data reliability		_n/a
Data-other GW files	NNNNNNNN	_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
Project number		_n/a

Operated in cooperation with:

Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT)

USGS - Federal Priority Streamgages