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Upper Potomac River - Shepherdstown (POT1830)CORE/Potomac - (POT1830)
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Location:
Potomac River at the Rte. 34 Bridge in Shepherdstown
Coordinates
(NAD83):
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39.4351º |
| Longitude: |
-77.8028º |
| Latitude: |
39.4351º |
| Longitude: |
-77.8027º |
Description:
This station is a shallow, non-tidal, fresh water site where water clarity and salinity are not measured.WM21;Potomac River at gage station below bridge on MD Route 34; Characterizes free-flowing freshwater
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Current Parameter:
Dissolved Oxygen
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The yellow shaded area
represents the range of monthly mean values that have occurred from 1986 to 2012. The blue line shows the monthly mean values for each month
over that same time period. The red line shows what the current years
conditions are and how they compare to the range and the average values
we've seen.
2013
Surface
Water Dissolved Oxygen
Upper Potomac River / Shepherdstown (POT1830)
CORE/Potomac / (POT1830)
Legend
Range 1986 to 2012 |
2013 |
Mean |
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Surface Water Dissolved Oxygen (mg/l)
Upper Potomac River / Shepherdstown (POT1830)CORE/Potomac / (POT1830) |
| Month |
Minimum |
Mean |
Maximum |
2012 |
2013 |
| January |
9.59
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13.14
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15.80
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12.80
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13.70
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| February |
12.29
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13.39
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16.10
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13.20
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13.10
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| March |
11.00
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12.35
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13.50
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12.40
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13.50
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| April |
9.20
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10.45
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12.09
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10.20
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12.80
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| May |
7.69
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9.40
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12.10
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8.70
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9.90
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| June |
6.60
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8.07
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9.50
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8.40
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| July |
6.09
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7.95
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10.20
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10.20
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| August |
6.29
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7.59
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8.80
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8.20
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| September |
6.90
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8.09
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9.90
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7.70
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| October |
7.40
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9.61
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11.78
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9.20
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| November |
8.98
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10.87
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14.48
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11.30
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| December |
9.60
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12.31
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17.08
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12.60
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NOTE:
Results displayed are provisional and have not undergone full Quality
Assurance procedures. Although Maryland DNR believes the data presented
here are correct, we cannot guarantee their accuracy at this time.
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