USGS Current Conditions for USGS 01653600 PISCATAWAY CREEK AT PISCATAWAY, MD

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USGS 01653600 PISCATAWAY CREEK AT PISCATAWAY, MD

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LOCATION.--Lat 38°42'20.8", long 76°57'58.3", Prince Georges County, Hydrologic Unit 02070010,
   on left bank 75 ft downstream from bridge on State Highway 223, at Piscataway, 0.4 mi upstream from
   Tinker Creek, and 4.8 mi upstream from mouth.
DRAINAGE AREA.--39.5 mi².
PERIOD OF RECORD.--October 1965 to September 2005, October 2006 to current year.
GAGE.--Water-stage recorder, crest-stage gage and concrete control.  Elevation of gage is 10 ft above National Geodetic
   Vertical Datum of 1929, from topographic map.
REMARKS.--U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD.--Maximum discharge, 13,600 ft³/s, September 8, 2011,
   gage height, 12.27 ft; minimum discharge, 0.0 ft³/s, no flow at times in 1966, 1970, 1977,
   1980-83, 1985-89, 1991-95, 1997-99, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012.
COOPERATION.--Funding for the operation of this station is provided by the Maryland Geological
   Survey, 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
All 2 Available Parameters for this site
00060 Discharge	2007-10-01	2013-03-20
00065 Gage height	2012-11-20	2013-03-20

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Most recent instantaneous value: 33 03-20-2013 21:30 EST

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**Daily discharge, cubic feet per second -- statistics for Mar 20 based on 46 years of record more**
Min (1981)	Most Recent Instantaneous Value Mar 20	25th percen- tile	Median	75th percen- tile	Mean	Max (1975)
12	33	40.	53	73	77	521

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