Monocacy River at Jug Bridge Near Frederick, MD - 01643000
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 |
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Agency
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U.S. Geological Survey | USGS |
Site identification number
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01643000 | n/a |
Site name
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MONOCACY RIVER AT JUG BRIDGE NEAR FREDERICK, MD | n/a |
Site type
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Stream
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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
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Interpolated from MAP. | M |
Latitude-longitude accuracy
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Accurate to + or - 1 sec. | S |
Latitude-longitude datum
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North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
Decimal Latitude-longitude datum | North American Datum of 1983 | NAD83 |
District
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Maryland | 24 |
State
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Maryland | 24 |
County
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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
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North American Vertical Datum of 1988 | NAVD88 |
Subbasin hydrologic unit
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Monocacy | 02070009 |
Drainage basin
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n/a | |
Topographic setting
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n/a | |
Flags for instruments at site | YYYNYNYNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN | n/a |
Date of first construction
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n/a | |
Date site established or inventoried | n/a | |
Drainage area
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817 square miles | n/a |
Contributing drainage area | n/a | |
Time Zone abbreviation | EST | n/a |
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
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Y | n/a |
Data reliability
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n/a | |
Data-other GW files | NNNNNNNN | n/a |
National aquifer | n/a | |
Local aquifer | n/a | |
Local aquifer type
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n/a | |
Well depth | n/a | |
Hole depth
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n/a | |
Source of depth data | n/a | |
Project number | n/a |