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USGS 01610000 POTOMAC RIVER AT PAW PAW, WV

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 39°32'19.9",   Longitude 78°27'20.2"   NAD83
Allegany County, Maryland, Hydrologic Unit 02070003
Drainage area: 3,129 square miles
Datum of gage: 487.21 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2026-01-22  
 Daily Data
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-10-01  2026-01-21  31890 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-10-01  2025-12-04 31842 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1938-10  2025-12  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1939  2026  
 Peak streamflow 1877  2025-05-14  92 
 Field measurements 1938-10-03  2025-12-05  529 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1961-02-19  2022-08-25  121 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2025  20 
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