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3 data types available - data from 2007-11-27 to 2026-08-08

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Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.-- On right bank at upstream side of culvert on Black Friars Road, 1.1 mi north of Catonsville, 1.7 mi southwest of Woodlawn, and 1.8 mi west of Baltimore City. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- November 2007 to current year. Gage-heights only, November 2007 to September 2010, published in WDR-US-2009 and WDR-US-2010. GAGE.--Water stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 407.56 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	01589312	n/a
Location name	DEAD RUN NEAR CATONSVILLE, MD	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	39.29588888888889	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-76.74408333333334	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Mapping grade GPS unit (handheld accuracy range 12 to 40 ft)	G
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - .1 sec (Differentially-Corrected GPS).	1
District	Maryland	24
State	Maryland	24
County	Baltimore County	005
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	407.56 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	0.79 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 Dead Run Near Catonsville, MD - USGS-01589312