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USGS 01585075 FOSTER BRANCH NEAR JOPPATOWNE, MD

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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LOCATION.--Lat 39°24'30.7", long 76°20'33.5", Harford County, MD,
 Hydrologic Unit 02060003, on left bank, 0.10 mi downstream from highway bridge at Trimble Road and
 0.95 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--1.83 mi2, from automated delineation using 30-meter National Elevation Dataset,
 digital elevation model data, dated December 2011.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--September 2015 to current year.
REVISIONS HISTORY.--https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/dv/?site_no=01585075: 2015-2017; 2015-2019.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest stage gage. Datum of gage is 0.53 ft above North American
 Vertical Datum of 1988. 
REMARKS.--U.S. Geological Survey water-data telemeter at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 726 ft3/s, Aug. 7, 2020, gage height, 5.49 ft;
 minimum discharge, 0.01 ft3/s, Aug. 14, 2016, July 14, 21, 22, Sept. 20-30, Oct. 1-9, 2017, July 4, 5,
 16, 17, 19-21, Sept. 20-22, 2020.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Harford County
 Department of Public Works, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
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This station managed by the MD-DE-DC Water Science Center Baltimore office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2015-10-01  2024-11-18
2015-09-29  2024-11-18
2015-09-29  2024-11-18
2015-09-30  2024-11-18
2015-10-01  2016-02-21
2019-11-15  2024-11-18
2016-02-23  2020-03-17







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 10.4 11-19-2024   00:05 EST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.14 11-19-2024   00:05 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Nov 19 based on 8 water years of record more
Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Nov 19		 Min
(2017)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median 75th
percen-
tile		 Mean Max
(2016)
0.14 0.18 0.33 0.53 1.2 2.5 15.8

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.82 11-19-2024   00:05 EST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 295 11-19-2024   00:05 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), TS032, [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), TS087, [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), [(2)]
Most recent instantaneous value: 4.1 11-19-2024   00:05 EST
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