Piscataway Creek at Piscataway, MD - 01653600

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Gage height, feet

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2.70 ft

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Apr 21, 2025

04:30:00 AM EDT

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2.70 ft

Provisional

Apr 21, 2025

04:30:00 AM EDT

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Gage height, feet -- continuous data
Time	Result	Approval
2025-04-21T04:30:00.000-04:00	2.70	Provisional
2025-04-21T04:15:00.000-04:00	2.70	Provisional
2025-04-21T04:00:00.000-04:00	2.70	Provisional
2025-04-21T03:45:00.000-04:00	2.70	Provisional
2025-04-21T03:30:00.000-04:00	2.70	Provisional
2025-04-21T03:15:00.000-04:00	2.71	Provisional
2025-04-21T03:00:00.000-04:00	2.71	Provisional
2025-04-21T02:45:00.000-04:00	2.71	Provisional
2025-04-21T02:30:00.000-04:00	2.71	Provisional
2025-04-21T02:15:00.000-04:00	2.71	Provisional
2025-04-21T02:00:00.000-04:00	2.71	Provisional
2025-04-21T01:45:00.000-04:00	2.71	Provisional
2025-04-21T01:30:00.000-04:00	2.71	Provisional
2025-04-21T01:15:00.000-04:00	2.71	Provisional
2025-04-21T01:00:00.000-04:00	2.71	Provisional
2025-04-21T00:45:00.000-04:00	2.71	Provisional

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2007-10-01 - 2025-04-21

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1990-10-01 - 2025-04-21

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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet

2024-12-22 - 2025-04-21

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34 Observed properties (data types) available - with data from 1974-11-25 to 2002-10-18

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Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.-- at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 223, at Piscataway, 0.4 mi upstream from Tinkers Creek, and 4.8 mi upstream from mouth. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- October 1965 to September 2005. October 2006 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and concrete control. Datum of gage is 7.61 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to April 28, 2016, gage located on left bank, 75 ft downstream at same gage datum.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01653600	_n/a
Site name	PISCATAWAY CREEK AT PISCATAWAY, MD	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	384220.8	_n/a
DMS longitude	0765758.3	_n/a
Decimal latitude	38.70577778	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-76.9661944	_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	Prince George's County	033
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	Piscataway	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	7.61 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.14 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan	02070010
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Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	39.5 square miles	_n/a
Contributing drainage area		_n/a
Time Zone abbreviation	EST	_n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	_n/a
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Data-other GW files	NNNNNNNN	_n/a
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Local aquifer type		_n/a
Well depth		_n/a
Hole depth		_n/a
Source of depth data		_n/a
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