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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01599000 GEORGES CREEK AT FRANKLIN, MD
LOCATION - Lat 39°29'38.1", long 79°02'40.9" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Allegany County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02070002, on right bank at Franklin, and 1.2 mi upstream from Westernport and mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA - 72.4 mi².
REVISIONS HISTORY - WSP 726: Drainage area. WSP 1502: 1940. WDR MD-DE-86-1: 1984(M).
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1905 to July 1906 (published as "at Westernport"), October 1929 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder and crest-stage gage. Datum of gage is 958.18 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. May 4, 1905, to July 15, 1906, nonrecording gage at bridge 0.8 mi downstream at different gage datum. Oct. 16, 1929 to Oct. 1, 1937, water-stage recorder at site 95 ft downstream at present gage datum.
REMARKS - Water Years 2017-2024: Records fair, except those for estimated discharges, which are poor.
Water Year 2016: Records fair, except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Water Years 2014-2015: Records good, except those for estimated daily discharges, which are poor.
Water Year 2013 and prior years’ accuracy statements can be found in Annual Water Data Reports.
Records include about 0.5 ft³/s of sewage from city of Frostburg, which obtains its water supply from Big Piney Run (Monongahela River basin) and Savage River. A negligible discharge is diverted upstream from station by Frostburg Water Co. for municipal supplies of Eckhart and Welsh Hill. Diversion of groundwater occurs in upper third of basin by the Hoffman Drainage Tunnel and flows into the Wills Creek basin. U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.
Records include about 0.5 ft³/s of sewage from city of Frostburg, which obtains its water supply from Big Piney Run (Monongahela River basin) and Savage River. A negligible discharge is diverted upstream from station by Frostburg Water Co. for municipal supplies of Eckhart and Welsh Hill. Diversion of groundwater occurs in upper third of basin by the Hoffman Drainage Tunnel and flows into the Wills Creek basin. U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.
EXTREMES OUTSIDE PERIOD OF RECORD - Flood of Mar. 29, 1924, reached a stage of about 10 ft, from floodmarks, at site 95 ft downstream.
