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Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.-- On left bank 950 ft upstream from confluence with Little Seneca Creek, and 1.4 mi east-southeast of Clarksburg. PERIOD OF RECORD.--May 2004 to current year. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 497.51 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to April 22, 2010, gage located on left bank, 50 ft downstream at same gage datum.

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01644371	n/a
Location name	LITTLE SENECA CREEK TRIBUTARY NEAR CLARKSBURG, MD	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	39.23147222222222	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-77.25569444444444	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	Montgomery County	031
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	497.51 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS3 - Level 3 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	Y
Altitude accuracy	0.13 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Middle Potomac-Catoctin	02070008
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	0.43 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 Little Seneca Creek Tributary Near Clarksburg, MD - USGS-01644371