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LOCATION.--Lat 39°35'33.7", long 76°58'05.7", Carroll County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02060003, on left bank 80 ft upstream from culvert, 0.7 mi upstream from mouth, and 1.8 mi northeast of Westminster. DRAINAGE AREA.--3.29 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1949 to current year. REVISIONS HISTORY.--WSP 1432: Drainage area, 1954-55. WDR MD-DE-75-1: 1972(M). WDR MD-DE-79-1: 1973-78(P). GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage and concrete control. Datum of gage is 665.88 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. REMARKS.--Occasional small diversions to and releases from Cranberry Reservoir, located offstream 1 mi upstream from station since August 1957, capacity, 113,700,000 gal. Beginning October 1972, occasional large diversions past the gaging station from the reservoir through a 30-inch pipe. U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station. Water-quality records for some prior periods have been collected at this location. EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 3,030 ft³/s, July 25, 2018, gage height, 8.89 ft; minimum discharge, 0 ft³/s, no flow, Sept. 5, 1995, July 4, 30, 31, Aug. 1-7, 10-15, 2002, as a result of regulation. COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Maryland Department of the Environment.
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