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USGS Parameter Group Data Types Start Date End Date
Physical Daily Values, Unit Values 2020-08-07 2024-12-17
n/a USGS Annual Water Data Reports Site 2020-01-01 2024-01-01
Water Data for the Nation inventory

Monitoring location 03075871 is associated with a Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment in Garrett County, Maryland. Current conditions of Elevation of reservoir water surface above datum, Lake or reservoir water surface elevation above NAVD 1988, and Temperature are available. Water data back to 2020 are available online.

Historical spillway datum is 1.82 ft from the gage datum in NAVD88. To convert NAVD88 datum to spillway datum, subtract 1.82 ft.
Metadata Element Location Metadata Metadata Code
Agency
U.S. Geological Survey USGS
Site identification number
03075871 n/a
Site name
DEEP CREEK LAKE NEAR THAYERVILLE, MD n/a
Site type
Lake, Reservoir, Impoundment
LK
DMS latitude 393040.5 n/a
DMS longitude 0791754.2 n/a
Decimal latitude 39.51125 n/a
Decimal longitude -79.29838889 n/a
Latitude-longitude method
Interpolated from Digital MAP. N
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
Garrett County 023
Country US n/a
Land net location description n/a
Name of location map MCHENRY, MD n/a
Scale of location map 24000 n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface 2462 feet n/a
Method altitude determined Interpolated from Digital Elevation Model N
Altitude accuracy 1.6 feet n/a
Altitude datum
North American Vertical Datum of 1988 NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit
05020006
Drainage basin
n/a
Topographic setting
n/a
Flags for instruments at site YNNNYNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN n/a
Date of first construction
n/a
Date site established or inventoried 20200721 n/a
Drainage area
62.2 square miles n/a
Contributing drainage area n/a
Time Zone abbreviation EST n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time
Y n/a
Data reliability
n/a
Data-other GW files 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
Project number n/a

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