USGS Water-Year Summary 2023
01486500 BEAVERDAM CREEK NEAR SALISBURY, MD
LOCATION - Lat 38°21'11.2", long 75°34'21.2" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Wicomico County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02080110, on right bank at downstream side of highway bridge on Schumaker Drive, 0.5 mi upstream from Beaglin Branch, 0.8 mi upstream from mouth, and 2 mi from Salisbury.
DRAINAGE AREA - 19.5 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 741: 1931(m). WSP 1232: Drainage area. WSP 1432: 1931, 1936-37, 1940. WDR-US-2009: 2001-2007. https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/dv/?site_no=01486500: 2013-2016.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - October 1929 to August 1933, May 1934 to September 1935, May 1936 to September 1975, October 2000 to September 2017 (discontinued). Prior to October 1948, published as East Branch Wicomico River near Salisbury, MD.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder, concrete control, and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 6.72 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. October 1929 to September 27, 1938, at site on left bank above Lake Schumaker Dam at datum of 17.95 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (City of Salisbury bench mark), and from September 28, 1938 to September 1975 at site at upstream side of Schumaker Dam between spillway and emergency floodgate at datum of 8.93 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (City of Salisbury bench mark).
