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USGS 01651827 Anacostia River nr Buzzard Point at Washington, DC

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Click for larger image LOCATION.--Lat 38°51'54.6", long 77°00'37.2", District of Columbia, Hydrologic Unit 02070010, on right bank, 0.5 mi upstream from mouth.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--March 2019 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, velocity meter, and water-quality monitor. Datum of gage is 0.00 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.
REMARKS.--This is a tidal station. U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Washington D.C. Department of Energy & Environment, the Federal
Urban Waters Partnership, and the U.S. Geological Survey.
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This station managed by the MD-DE-DC Water Science Center Baltimore office.

Available Parameters Available Period
  
2019-03-11  2025-12-23
2021-11-08  2025-12-23
2019-03-13  2025-12-23
2019-03-11  2025-12-23
2022-12-23  2025-12-23
2019-03-11  2025-12-23
2021-11-10  2025-12-22







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Temperature, water, degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 2.9 12-24-2025   00:05 EST
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Discharge, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: 3270 12-24-2025   00:05 EST
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Gage height, feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.99 12-24-2025   00:05 EST
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Specific conductance, water, unfiltered, microsiemens per centimeter at 25 degrees Celsius
Most recent instantaneous value: 535 12-24-2025   00:05 EST
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Stream water level elevation above NAVD 1988, in feet
Most recent instantaneous value: 0.85 12-24-2025   00:05 EST
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Turbidity, water, unfiltered, monochrome near infra-red LED light, 780-900 nm, detection angle 90 +-2.5 degrees, formazin nephelometric units (FNU)
Most recent instantaneous value: 3.6 12-24-2025   00:05 EST
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Discharge, tidally filtered, cubic feet per second
Most recent instantaneous value: -141 12-22-2025   12:45 EST
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