LOCATION.--Lat 39°26'59.2", long 77°43'48.7", Washington County, Hydrologic Unit 02070004,
   on left bank 400 ft downstream from Burnside Bridge, 1.0 mi southeast of Sharpsburg, and 4.0 mi
   upstream from mouth. 
DRAINAGE AREA.--281 mi2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1897 to September 1905, August 1928 to current year. Monthly discharge only for
   some periods, published in WSP 1302.
REVISIONS HISTORY.--WSP 192: 1897-1905. WSP 726: Drainage area. WSP 1432: 1929-31(M), 1933, 1935(M),
   1937(M), 1949(M), 1952(M), https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/dv/?site_no=01619500: 2019.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Concrete control since Mar. 29, 1934. Datum of gage is 310.40 ft
   above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. June 24, 1897 to Aug. 25, 1905, nonrecording gage a few hundred
   feet downstream from Middle Bridge, 1.2 mi upstream at gage datum 12 ft higher. Aug. 21, 1928 to July 13, 1933,
   nonrecording gage at Burnside Bridge, 0.1 mi upstream at present gage datum.
REMARKS.--Some diurnal fluctuation caused by power plant upstream from station. Since 1928 records include pumpage
   from the Potomac River for municipal supply of Hagerstown. This water later enters Antietam Creek upstream from
   station as sewage. Records adjusted for monthly and annual mean inflow from January 1930 to September 2011.
   U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 12,600 ft3/s, July 20, 1956, gage height, 16.73 ft;
   minimum discharge, 9.4 ft3/s, Nov. 22, 1957, result of construction work upstream from station. 
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Maryland Department of
   Transportation, and the U.S. Geological Survey.