Northwest Branch Anacostia River at Brentwood, MD

Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.--On right bank, 200 feet downstream from bridge on 38th Street, 0.3 miles north of Brentwood, 0.75 miles upstream from confluence with Northeast Branch Anacostia River, and 1.5 miles downstream from Sligo Creek. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- May 2023 to current year. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 3.60 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. REMARKS.--Prior to June 1961, low flow regulated by storage at Burnt Mills Dam, 7.0 mi upstream from station. Inflow pumped from Patuxent River to augment water supply for Washington Suburban Sanitary District, August 1939 to August 1960. Small diversion since 1962 for irrigation of golf courses upstream from station. PERIOD OF DAILY RECORD (Water Quality).-- SPECIFIC CONDUCTANCE: May 2023 to current year. WATER TEMPERATURE: May 2023 to current year. TURBIDITY: May 2023 to current year. INSTRUMENTATION (Water Quality).-- Multi-parameter water-quality monitor, May 2023 to current year. REMARKS (Water Quality).--Missing data due to equipment malfunction.

Location details and information

Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Site identification number	01651003	_n/a
Site name	NORTHWEST BRANCH ANACOSTIA RIVER AT BRENTWOOD, MD	_n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
DMS latitude	385656.3	_n/a
DMS longitude	0765722.4	_n/a
Decimal latitude	38.9489722	_n/a
Decimal longitude	-76.9562222	_n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from Digital MAP.	N
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	Prince George's County	033
Country	US	_n/a
Land net location description		_n/a
Name of location map	Washington East	_n/a
Scale of location map	24000	_n/a
Altitude of Gage/land surface	3.60 feet	_n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	.13 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	YNNNYNYNNYNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN	_n/a
Date of first construction		_n/a
Date site established or inventoried		_n/a
Drainage area	51.3 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		_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