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USGS 01594440 PATUXENT RIVER NEAR BOWIE, MD

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LOCATION.--on left bank upstream from bridge on U.S. Highway 50 (John Hanson Highway), 3.0 mi east of Bowie City Hall, 3.1 mi downstream from mouth of Little Patuxent River, 4.2 mi northwest of Davidsonville, and 60 mi upstream from mouth. PERIOD OF RECORD.--April 1955 to June 1977 (gage heights and discharge measurements only), June 1977 to current year. GAGE.-- Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 12.32 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to June 27, 1977, nonrecording gage at same site and gage datum.
This station managed by the MD-DE-DC Water Science Center Baltimore office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
1985-10-01  2025-12-16
2007-10-01  2025-12-16
2025-08-18  2025-12-16







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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 145 12-16-2025   16:45 EST
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Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Dec 16 based on 48 water years of record more
Min
(1981)		 Most Recent
Instantaneous
Value Dec 16		 25th
percen-
tile		 Median Mean 75th
percen-
tile		 Max
(2019)
126 145 183 295 584 584 4930

Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 4.52 12-16-2025   16:45 EST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 16.84 12-16-2025   16:45 EST
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