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USGS 01651800 WATTS BRANCH AT WASHINGTON, DC

  Stream Site

DESCRIPTION:
Latitude 38°54'04.6",   Longitude 76°56'35.8"   NAD83
District Of Columbia, Dist. of Columbia, Hydrologic Unit 02070010
Drainage area: 3.36 square miles
Datum of gage: 10.73 feet above   NAVD88.
AVAILABLE DATA:
Data Type Begin Date End Date Count
 Current / Historical Observations     (availability statement)    1992-10-01  2025-10-18  
 Daily Data
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2013-02-05  2025-10-17  13656 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1992-06-19  2025-10-17  12173 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2013-01-30  2025-10-17  12933 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) -- TS087  2013-01-30  2020-05-04  6903 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2020-01-23  2025-10-17  5931 
 Daily Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2013-02-05  2024-10-10 4191 
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1992-06-19  2025-03-02 11945 
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2013-01-30  2024-10-10 3950 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) -- TS087  2013-01-30  2020-05-04 2301 
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2020-01-23  2024-09-29 1619 
 Monthly Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2013-02  2024-10  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1992-06  2025-03  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2013-01  2024-10  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) -- TS087  2013-01  2020-05  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2020-01  2024-09  
 Annual Statistics 
    Temperature, water, degrees Celsius  2013  2025  
    Discharge, cubic feet per second  1992  2025  
    Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius  2013  2025  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU) -- TS087  2013  2020  
    Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)  2020  2024  
 Peak streamflow 1992-07-01  2024-01-09  33 
 Field measurements 1992-07-22  2025-08-06  266 
 Field/Lab water-quality samples (Legacy QW is frozen as of March 2024, newer data may be found on MLP) 2012-08-08  2024-03-07  342 
 Water-Year Summary 2006  2024  19 
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