Sligo Creek Near Takoma Park, MD

Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.-- On right bank, 0.5 mi northwest of Takoma Park, 0.7 mi upstream from confluence with Long Branch, 2.0 mi upstream from mouth. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- October 2008 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 161.37 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01650800	_n/a
Site name	SLIGO CREEK NEAR TAKOMA PARK, MD	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	385910.4	_n/a
DMS longitude	0770017.5	_n/a
Decimal latitude	38.9862222	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-77.0048611	_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
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	Montgomery County	031
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	Washington West	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	161.37 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.32 feet	_n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Middle Potomac-Anacostia-Occoquan	02070010
Drainage basin		_n/a
Topographic setting		_n/a
Flags for instruments at site	YNNNYNNNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried	20081008	_n/a
Drainage area	6.45 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	Data have been checked by the reporting agency.	C
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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Montgomery County

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