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3 data types available - data from 1989-08-29 to 2026-08-09

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2 data types available - data from 1989-08-30 to 2026-08-03

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Important information about this monitoring location

LOCATION.-- On right bank 300 ft upstream from confluence with West Branch Jabez Branch, 0.5 mi northwest of Millersville, 1.0 mi west of Gambrills, and 1.6 mi upstream from mouth. PERIOD OF RECORD.-- August 1989 to September 1990, July 1997 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 53.24 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to November 19, 2019, water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and sharp-crested weir on left bank at same site and gage datum.

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Metadata Element	Location Metadata	Metadata Code
Agency	U.S. Geological Survey	USGS
Location identification number	01589795	n/a
Location name	SOUTH FORK JABEZ BRANCH AT MILLERSVILLE, MD	n/a
Site type	Stream	ST
Decimal latitude (WGS84)	39.068250000000006	n/a
Decimal longitude (WGS84)	-76.65152777777779	n/a
Latitude-longitude method	Interpolated from MAP.	M
Latitude-longitude accuracy	Accurate to + or - 1 sec.	S
District	Maryland	24
State	Maryland	24
County	Anne Arundel County	003
Country	United States of America	n/a
Altitude of gage/land surface	53.24 feet	n/a
Method altitude determined	GNSS2 - Level 2 Quality Survey Grade Global Navigation Satellite System	X
Altitude accuracy	0.35 feet	n/a
Altitude datum	North American Vertical Datum of 1988	NAVD88
Subbasin hydrologic unit	Severn	02060004
Drainage basin		n/a
Date of first construction		n/a
Drainage area	1 square miles	n/a
Contributing drainage area		n/a
Time zone abbreviation	EST	n/a
Site honors Daylight Saving Time	Y	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

Monitoring location South Fork Jabez Branch at Millersville, MD - USGS-01589795