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LOCATION.--Lat
38°54'58.7", long 76°56'03.5", Prince George's
County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02070010, on left bank, 500 ft downstream
of Baltimore-Washington Parkway bridge, 1.0 mi southwest of Cheverly,
and 0.5 mi upstream from mouth. DRAINAGE AREA.--14.9 mi2, from automated delineation
using 30-meter National Elevation Dataset, digital elevation model
data, dated December 2011. PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 2016 to current year. GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage, and velocity
meter. Datum of gage is 0.00 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 elevation, 12.57 ft,
Sept. 10, 2020; minimum elevation, -0.24 ft, Sept. 22, 2019. Maximum
discharge, 5,140 ft3/s, June 3, 2018; minimum discharge,
-40.8 ft3/s, Oct. 10, 2018. COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is
provided by Prince George's County and the U. S. Geological
Survey.
This station managed by the MD-DE-DC Water Science Center Baltimore office.