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LOCATION.-- Lat 39°18'06.8", long 79°18'24.8", Garrett County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02070002, on left bank 0.3 mi southeast of Steyer, 0.4 mi downstream from Steyer Run, 2.0 mi northeast of Gorman, and at mile 81.8. DRAINAGE AREA.--73.1 mi2 PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1956 to current year. REVISIONS HISTORY.--WDR WV-97-1: Drainage area. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 2,275.58 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. REMARKS.--Occasional diversions and regulation from unknown source upstream from station. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 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, 11,500 ft3/s, Nov. 5, 1985, gage height, 13.14 ft; minimum discharge, 2.7 ft3/s, Aug. 18, 1999. EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD.--Flood of Oct. 15, 1954, reached a stage of 13.0 ft, from floodmarks; discharge, 11,300 ft3/s, from rating curve extended above 3,000 ft3/s on basis of slope-area measurement at gage height of 10.30 ft. COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Maryland Department of Transportation and the U.S. Geological Survey.