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USGS 01591000 PATUXENT RIVER NEAR UNITY, MD

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LOCATION.--on right bank at downstream side of bridge on State Highway 97, 0.6 mi upstream from Cattail Creek, 0.8 mi upstream from Triadelphia Reservoir, 1.1 mi northeast of Unity, and 97 mi upstream from mouth. PERIOD OF RECORD.--July 1944 to current year. GAGE.--Water stage recorder, crest-stage gage and concrete control. Datum of gage is 364.04 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to Aug. 14, 1946, non-recording gage at same site and gage datum.
This station managed by the MD-DE-DC Water Science Center Baltimore office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1985-10-03  2025-10-27
2007-10-01  2025-10-27
2025-06-28  2025-10-27







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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: Bkw 10-27-2025   02:55 EDT
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Oct 27 based on 81 water years of record more
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Instantaneous
Value Oct 27		 Min
(1948)		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median 75th
percen-
tile		 Mean Max
(2004)
-- unavailable -- 5.00 11 16 21 28 430

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.66 10-27-2025   02:55 EDT
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 366.70 10-27-2025   02:55 EDT
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