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USGS 01618000 POTOMAC RIVER AT SHEPHERDSTOWN, WV

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 39°26'05.0",   Longitude 77°48'05.0"   NAD83
Jefferson County, West Virginia, Hydrologic Unit 02070004
Drainage area: 5,955 square miles
Datum of gage: 280.26 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1990-10-01  2025-11-01  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  1980-10-01  1981-09-29  317 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1928-08-01  2025-10-31  28954 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  1980-10-01  1981-09-29  326 
 Daily Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1928-08-01  2025-09-10 28903 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1928-08  2025-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1928  2025  
 Peak streamflow 1889-06-01  2024-04-04  79 
 Field measurements 1928-06-27  2025-09-11  416 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 1960-09-28  2002-08-05  251 
 Water-Year Summary 2016  2024  9 
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