LOCATION.--Lat 38°29'26.1", long 76°55'37.5",
Charles County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02070011, on downstream left side
of bridge on State Highway 6, 1.0 mi southeast of Newtown, and 1.7 mi
downstream from Kerrick Swamp.
DRAINAGE AREA.--79.9 mi
2.
PERIOD OF RECORD.--June 1983 to September 2005, October 2006 to
current year.
REVISIONS HISTORY.--WDR MD-DE-DC-05-1: 2004, WDR-US-2012:
2011.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage
is 34.05 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. June 22, 2017
to September 19, 2019, water-stage recorder at site 60 ft downstream at
same gage datum.
REMARKS.--Low flow affected by groundwater diversions from
municipal well fields at Waldorf and St. Charles, and occasional farm
irrigation upstream from station during summer months. U.S. Geological
Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 16,500
ft
3/s, September 8, 2011, gage height, 6.81 ft; minimum
discharge, 0.0 ft
3/s,
no flow at times during 1983, 1985-89, 1991, 1993, 1995-99, 2002, 2003,
2005, 2008-16, 2019, 2020.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is
provided by the Maryland Geological Survey, and the U.S. Geological
Survey.
This page is undergoing modernization with expected decommissioning as key features
are added to the modernized pages. 
