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USGS 01583500 WESTERN RUN AT WESTERN RUN, MD

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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LOCATION.--Lat 39°30'38.8", long 76°40'35.4", Baltimore County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02060003, on right
   bank 100 ft downstream from bridge on Western Run Road, 0.3 mi southeast of Western Run, 2.5 mi
   northwest of Cockeysville, 3.2 mi upstream from Beaverdam Run, and 5.0 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--59.8 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 1944 to current year.
REVISIONS HISTORY.--WSP 1502: 1945-46, 1948(M).
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 262.08 ft above North American
   Vertical Datum of 1988.
REMARKS.--U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station. Water-quality
   records for some prior periods have been collected at this location.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 38,000 ft3/s, June 22, 1972,
   gage height, 26.00 ft; minimum discharge, 2.4 ft3/s, Sept. 12, 1966.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Baltimore City
   Department of Public Works, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
This station managed by the MD-DE-DC Water Science Center Baltimore office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1982-02-02  2025-12-03
2007-10-01  2025-12-03
2025-08-05  2025-12-03
2020-04-08  2020-10-01
2015-10-01  2020-04-04







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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 54.0 12-03-2025   15:35 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Dec 3 based on 81 water years of record more
Min
(2002)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Dec 3		 Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2010)
15.9 34 48 54.0 63 78 256

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.30 12-03-2025   15:35 EST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 263.39 12-03-2025   15:35 EST
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU), [Discontinued]
 
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU), [TS032, Discontinued]
 
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