North Branch Potomac River at Kitzmiller, Garrett County MD (KITM2)
Gage Location: Garret County, Maryland	Site Location: Garret County, Maryland
Latitude: 39.394	Longitude: -79.182	Elevation: 1572.26 ft. MSL	Drainage Area: 225 Sq. Mi.
Minor Stage: 9 ft.	Moderate Stage: 11 ft.	Major Stage: 13 ft.
First Flood: 1954-03-01	Last Flood: 2011-09-06 Crest: 9.23 ft.	Datum change: 1954-10-15	Number of Floods: 20

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Date of Flood Crest(ft) Streamflow(cfs) Category Code 1954-03-01 9.02 9280 Minor *** (5) 1954-10-15 16.5 33400 Major (5) 1955-08-18 12.8 21400 Moderate (5) 1956-08-06 9.02 8310 Minor (!!!) 1963-03-05 9.4 10300 Minor none 1972-12-08 9.06 14800 Minor none 1978-07-03 10.78 17900 Minor none 1985-05-31 11.87 23300 Moderate none 1985-11-05 14.85 50400 Major none 1994-02-09 11.06 19000 Moderate none 1995-02-09 11 -9999 Moderate none 1996-01-19 12.88 -9999 Moderate none 1996-08-12 9.7 -9999 Minor none 1996-09-06 13.4 -9999 Major none 2000-02-19 9.93 14300 Minor none 2001-07-26 9.75 13500 Minor none 2003-09-19 12.51 29200 Moderate none 2011-04-19 9.07 11200 Moderate none 2011-09-06 9.21 11700 Minor none

MARFC Codes
Code Description
(!!!) Datum changed during this year.
(1) Backwater Effect.
(2) 15.77 ft also occurred on 11/25/1950 but only counted as one flood.
(3) Estimated from currrent USGS rating table.
(4) Estimated height from the USGS.
(5) Gage height at a different site and/or datum
(6) Discharge affected by Regulation or Diversion
(7) Due to changes, prior floods were based on present flood stage. Therefore, flood data could possibly be incomplete.
(8) Gage is a staff gage and not the offical USGS gage. Therefore, some floods may be missing from our study.
(9) Discharge effected by snow-melt, ice jam or debris jam break up
(A) Discharge affected to unknown degree by regulation or diversion.
(B) Month or day of occurrence is unknown or not exact.
(C) All or part of the record affected by urbanization, mining, agricultural changes, channelization, or other factors.
(D) Crest height adjusted to current datum.
(E) Estimated discharge.
(F) Only annual maximum peak available for this year.
(O) This flood occurred at a previous flood stage that is lower than the current flood stage. This is only a historical flood.
** Crest information looks reasonable despite potential problems. This data was used in our study.
*** Crest information looks unreliable and incomplete and was not used in our flood frequency study.
**** Gauge was discontinued in 2004. 2004 and later was not used in our study.
none No code

Updated: 08:58 AM Jun 28, 2012