North Branch Potomac River at Steyer, MD - 01595000

Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.--on left bank 0.3 mi southeast of Steyer, 0.4 mi downstream from Steyer Run, 2.0 mi northeast of Gorman, and at mile 81.8. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- July 1956 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 2,275.56 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. REMARKS.--Occasional diversions and regulation from unknown source upstream from station.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01595000	_n/a
Site name	NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER AT STEYER, MD	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	391806.8	_n/a
DMS longitude	0791824.8	_n/a
Decimal latitude	39.30188889	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-79.30688889	_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	Garrett County	023
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	Gorman	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	2275.56 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	Level or other surveyed method.	L
Altitude accuracy	.04 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	North Branch Potomac	02070002
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	73.1 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	NNNNNNNN	_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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Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT)

USGS - Cooperative Matching Funds