USGS Water-Year Summary 2023

01593450 LITTLE PATUXENT RIVER TRIBUTARY ABOVE LAKE ELKHORN NEAR GUILFORD, MD

LOCATION - Lat 39°11'16.4", long 76°49'50.6" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Howard County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02060006, on right bank, approximately 300 ft downstream from culvert on Oakland Mills Road, 1.1 mi north of Guilford, and 0.3 mi upstream from mouth.

DRAINAGE AREA - 2.47 mi². from automated delineation using 30-meter National Elevation Dataset, digital elevation model data, dated 2007.

REVISIONS HISTORY -

https://waterdata.usgs.gov/nwis/dv/?site_no=01593450: 2017.

SURFACE-WATER RECORDS

PERIOD OF RECORD - October 2012 to present.

GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 298.89 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988.

REMARKS -

Water Year 2023: Records fair, except those above 100 ft³/s and those for estimated discharges, which are poor.

Water Year 2022: Records poor, including those for estimated discharges.

Water Years 2020-2021: Records fair, except those above 200 ft³/s and those for estimated discharges, which are poor.

Water Years 2017-2019: Records fair, except those above 100 ft³/s and those for estimated discharges, which are poor.

Water Years 2014-2016: Records fair, except those above 100 ft³/s and those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.

Water Year 2013 accuracy statement can be found in the Annual Water Data Report.

U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.