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Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.--On right bank, 1,000 ft downstream of Good Hope Road, 0.95 mi upstream of confluence with Paint Branch, and 1.1 mi southeast of Colesville. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- November 2006 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 366.36 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01649150	n/a
Location name	PAINT BRANCH TRIBUTARY NEAR COLESVILLE, MD	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	39.08838888888889	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-76.98958333333333	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	366.36 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	0.31 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan	02070010
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	1.04 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 Paint Branch Tributary Near Colesville, MD - USGS-01649150