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USGS Water-Year Summary 2024
01488110 NANTICOKE RIVER AT SHARPTOWN, MD
LOCATION - Lat 38°32'38.3", long 75°43'12.5" referenced to North American Datum of 1983, Wicomico County, MD, Hydrologic Unit 02080109, on left bank at upstream side of fishing pier (remains of old State Highway 313 bridge), at Sharptown.
DRAINAGE AREA - Not determined.
SURFACE-WATER RECORDS
PERIOD OF RECORD - May 1991 to September 1995, December 2004 to current year.
GAGE - Water-stage recorder. Datum of gage is 0.00 ft above North American Vertical Datum of 1988. Prior to October 1, 2013, datum of gage 0.00 ft above National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, 0.81 ft higher than present datum.
REMARKS - Water Year 2023: Records fair.
Water Years 2021-2022: Records good, missing data due to equipment malfunction.
Water Year 2020: Records good.
Water Year 2019: Records good, missing data due to equipment malfunction.
Water Years 2017-2018: Records good.
Water Year 2016: Records good, missing data due to equipment malfunction.
Water Year 2015: Records good, except for the period of Feb. 15-28, which is poor.
Water Year 2014: Records good, missing data due to equipment malfunction.
Water Year 2013 and prior years’ accuracy statements can be found in Annual Water Data Reports.
This is a tidal station. Discharge is not determined at this location. U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.
This is a tidal station. Discharge is not determined at this location. U.S. Geological Survey satellite data-collection platform at station.
EXTREMES FOR PERIOD OF RECORD - Maximum elevation, 5.59 ft, at datum then in use, Oct. 30, 2012; minimum elevation, -4.40 ft, at current datum, March 3, 2018.
