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USGS 01582500 GUNPOWDER FALLS AT GLENCOE, MD

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 39°32'58.9",   Longitude 76°38'10.0"   NAD83
Baltimore County, Maryland, Hydrologic Unit 02060003
Drainage area: 160 square miles
Datum of gage: 244.06 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1977-10-01  2026-01-23  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1977-10-01  2026-01-22  16727 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2015-09-03  2020-06-08  5031 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2020-06-10  2020-09-30  306 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1977-10-01  2025-11-17 16661 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2015-09-03  2020-06-08 1677 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2020-06-10  2020-09-30 102 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1977-10  2025-11  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2015-09  2020-06  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2020-06  2020-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1978  2026  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2015  2020  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2020  2020  
 Peak streamflow 1978-01-26  2025-07-31  46 
 Field measurements 1977-09-23  2026-01-14  420 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1982-12-10  1987-08-19  28 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2025  20 
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