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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2024 Nov 9.
Published in final edited form as: Water (Basel). 2023 Nov 9;15(22):1–22. doi: 10.3390/w15223956

Table 1.

USGS monitoring site characteristics are shown below. The state/metro area, latitude, longitude, USGS site number, and monitoring duration are all listed. Rock Creek, Sligo Creek, Scotts Level Branch, Herring Run, and Jones Falls were sampled bi-weekly. Accotink Creek data were obtained from a USGS gauge station. Tidally influenced sites are denoted with a *. All sites were located within the United States of America.

Study Site State/Metro Area Latitude Longitude USGS Site Number NLCD 2016 Impervious Surface Cover % Monitoring Duration
Rock Creek Washington DC 38°57′36.6″ 77°02′31.4″ 1648010 18.35 19 October 2017–23 June 2021
Sligo Creek Washington DC 38°59′10.4″ 77°00′17.5″ 1650800 27.19 4 October 2017–23 June 2021
Scotts Level Branch Baltimore MD 39°21′41.7″ 76°45′42.3″ 1589290 22.24 4 October 2017–15 April 2021
Herring Run Baltimore MD 39°19′04.7″ 76°33′18.5″ 1585219 32.76 26 October 2017–3 January 2019
Jones Falls * Baltimore MD 39°17′02.8″ 76°36′13.1″ 1589485 21.28 1 November 2017–6 November 2019
Accotink Creek VA 38°48′46″ 77°13′43″ 1654000 23.4 5 February 2015–1 Januray 2023