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USGS 01589100 EAST BRANCH HERBERT RUN AT ARBUTUS, MD

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

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Click for larger image LOCATION.Lat 39°14'24.0", long 76°41'31.9", Baltimore County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02060003, on left bank 50 ft upstream from bridge on Tom Day Boulevard at U.S. Route 1 in Arbutus,
0.5 mi upstream from mouth, and 2 mi south of Baltimore City limits.
DRAINAGE AREA.--2.47 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--August 1957 to September 1989, October 1998 to current year.
REVISIONS HISTORY.--WDR MD-DE-81: 1979. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/dv?site_no=01589100: 2013-2014.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, V-notch sharp crested weir and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 40.17 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to August 1981, at site 100 ft
downstream at same gage datum.
REMARKS.--U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station. Slight regulation at low flow from unknown source upstream from station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 2,460 ft³/s, Sept. 6, 1979, gage height, 6.80 ft, at previous site; maximum gage height, 13.70 ft, Sept. 6, 1979, from floodmarks
at current location; minimum discharge, 0.15 ft³/s, Sept. 16, 25, 2016.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Baltimore County Department of Environmental Protection & Sustainability, 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
  
1998-10-03  2026-05-28
2007-10-01  2026-05-28
2007-10-01  2026-05-28







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Discharge, cubic feet per second, [(4)]
Most recent instantaneous value: 1.38 05-28-2026   18:40 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for May 28 based on 59 water years of record more
Min
(2007)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value May 28		 Median 75th
percen-
tile		 Mean Max
(1968)
0.54 1.2 1.38 1.8 4.7 4.9 35.0

Gage height, feet, [(2)]
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.92 05-28-2026   18:40 EDT
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 40.98 05-28-2026   18:40 EDT
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