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Upper Eastern Shore - Sassafras River (ET3.1)
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Location:
Sassafras River at Georgetown Yacht Basin
Coordinates
(NAD83):
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39.3668º |
| Longitude: |
-75.8830º |
Description:
This station is an oligohaline site (salinity 0 to 0.5 ppt) located in the upper extent of the Sassafras River.
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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
Bottom
Water Dissolved Oxygen
Upper Eastern Shore / Sassafras River (ET3.1)
Legend
Range 1986 to 2012 |
2013 |
Mean |
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Bottom Water Dissolved Oxygen (mg/l)
Upper Eastern Shore / Sassafras River (ET3.1) |
| Month |
Minimum |
Mean |
Maximum |
2012 |
2013 |
| January |
10.00
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12.40
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14.20
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12.80
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12.50
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| February |
7.60
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12.83
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15.20
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13.20
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13.60
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| March |
9.10
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11.63
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15.40
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13.00
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12.10
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| April |
8.90
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10.52
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12.80
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10.70
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9.20
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| May |
4.60
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8.89
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12.80
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8.80
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8.80
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| June |
5.00
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6.90
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10.70
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8.20
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| July |
3.80
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6.55
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9.00
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6.70
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| August |
4.00
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6.25
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8.30
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5.80
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| September |
3.50
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7.16
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10.40
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6.60
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| October |
7.10
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9.46
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12.70
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9.00
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| November |
8.20
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10.80
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12.80
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10.50
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| December |
9.70
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11.86
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14.30
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11.80
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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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