Location context and information
LOCATION.--On right bank, 0.1 mi downstream from Rumsey Bridge at Shepherdstown, 3.3 mi upstream from Antietam Creek, and at mile 184. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- August 1928 to September 1953. Annual maximums, water years 1954-64. July 1964 to September 1993, October 2000 to September 2004, September 2016 to current year. Gage-height record and estimated discharges October 1953 to June 1964 available in files of the MD-DE-DC WSC. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 280.12 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. REMARKS.-- Some regulation at low flow by power plants upstream from station, prior to July 1981 by Stony River Reservoir, since December 1950 by Savage River Reservoir (see station 01597500), and since July 1981 by Jennings Randolph Lake.
