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USGS River Monitoring Site
Federal and state agencies maintain river level monitors throughout the Potomac River Basin. The U.S.Geological Survey compiles real-time information from river monitors, in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
The USGS discontinued measurements of gage height at Indian Head in 1990. The modern data stream at Indian Head is tidal elevation only, provided jointly by USGS and used by NOAA for forecasts. The current NOAA online observations and forecast for the Potomac at Indian Head, MD, are summarized below.
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