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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.

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