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3 data types available - data from 2007-10-01 to 2026-08-19

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1 data types available - data from 2007-10-01 to 2026-08-18

Field measurements

2 data types available - data from 1956-06-07 to 2026-08-04

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Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.-- On left bank at downstream side of State Highway 40 bridge, 100 ft upstream from railroad overpass, 0.3 mi west of Swan Creek, 0.85 mi east of Aberdeen, 2.1 mi upstream of confluence with Gasheys Creek, and 4 mi upstream from mouth. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- October 2007 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 21.02 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Previously operated as a low-flow partial-record station during water years 1956-59, 1962, 1963, 1966 at same location.

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SWAN CREEK AT SWAN CREEK

Swan Creek at Swan Creek, MD

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01580700	n/a
Location name	SWAN CREEK AT SWAN CREEK, MD	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	39.522638888888885	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-76.14227777777778	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	Harford County	025
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	21.02 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	0.12 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Gunpowder-Patapsco	02060003
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	13.2 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 Swan Creek at Swan Creek, MD - USGS-01580700