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LOCATION.--Lat 39°15'21.5", long 77°03'03.8", Howard County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02060006, on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 97, 1.2 mi upstream from mouth. DRAINAGE AREA.--22.9 mi2. PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1978 to September 1983 (published as "at Roxbury Mills Road at Roxbury Mills, MD"), October 1983 to current year. REVISIONS HISTORY.--WDR MD-DE-DC-03-1: 1983-2002 (P); daily discharges 1983-85, 1987-94, 1996-99, 2001. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 374.44 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to Dec. 28, 1983, at site 800 ft upstream at gage datum 1.76 ft lower. REMARKS.--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, 3,450 ft³/s, Sept. 6, 1979, gage height, 9.86 ft; minimum discharge, 0.07 ft³/s, Aug. 14, 19, 20, 1999. COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, and the U.S. Geological Survey.