USGS Current Conditions for USGS 01595500 NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER AT KITZMILLER, MD

USGS Home
Contact USGS
Search USGS

National Water Information System: Web Interface

USGS Water Resources

Data Category:
Geographic Area:

Warning: Javascript must be enabled to use all the features on this page!

Page Loading - Please Wait...

* We've detected you're using a mobile device. Find our Next Generation Station Page here.

Click to hideNews Bulletins

Explore the NEW USGS National Water Dashboard interactive map to access real-time water data from over 13,500 stations nationwide.

This page is undergoing modernization with expected decommissioning as key features are added to the modernized pages.
Learn more about our modernization plans to find out which options will suit you best. Next Generation Monitoring Location Page is available now.
A beta version of the My Favorites page is available in WDFN. Try it out and tell us what you think at wdfn@usgs.gov

USGS 01595500 NORTH BRANCH POTOMAC RIVER AT KITZMILLER, MD

PROVISIONAL DATA SUBJECT TO REVISION

Click to hidestation-specific text

LOCATION.-- Lat 39°23'38.0", long 79°10'54.1", Garrett County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02070002,
   on left bank 0.6 mi downstream from bridge on State Highway 38 in Kitzmiller, 1.5 mi downstream
   from Wolfden Run, and at mile 68.9.
DRAINAGE AREA.--225 mi²
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1949 to September 1985, October 1985 to September 2003 
   (operated as a crest-stage partial-record station only), October 2003 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage.  Datum of gage is 1,571.75 ft above North 
   American Vertical Datum of 1988.  Prior to Oct. 15, 1954, at site 0.3 mi upstream at gage datum 7.58 ft higher.
   Oct. 15, 1954, to Nov. 20, 1955, nonrecording gage at bridge 0.5 mi upstream at gage datum 21.51 ft higher.
REMARKS.--Flow regulated by Stony River Reservoir, 30.0 mi upstream from station until use of 
   reservoir discontinued June 1987 (see station 01595200). Regulation since 1963 by Virginia Electric and 
   Power Company dam (Mount Storm Lake), 20.0 mi upstream from station. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers satellite 
   data-collection platform at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 50,400 ft³/s, Nov. 5, 1985, gage height, 14.85 ft; minimum
   discharge, 4.6 ft³/s, Oct. 3, 1953.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.