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USGS 01642199 CARROLL CREEK ABOVE ROCK CREEK AT FREDERICK, MD
LOCATION.--Lat
39°25'27.9", long 77°25'47.2", Frederick County, MD,
Hydrologic Unit 02070009, on left bank 375 ft upstream from culvert on
US Route 15 (Frederick Freeway),
1.1 mi northwest of Frederick, and 325 ft upstream of Rock Creek. DRAINAGE AREA.--7.33 mi2, from automated delineation
using 30-meter National Elevation Dataset, digital elevation model
data, dated December 2011. PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 2017 to current year. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage and water-quality
meter. Datum of gage is 291.33 ft above North American Vertical Datum
of 1988. REMARKS.--U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection
platform at station. EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 3,290 ft³/s,
Sept. 1, 2021, maximum gage height, 11.49 ft, July 8, 2019; minimum
discharge, 2.01 ft³/s, Jan. 7, 2018. COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is
provided by the U.S. Army Environmental Command and the U.S. Geological
Survey.
This station managed by the MD-DE-DC Water Science Center Baltimore office.