Title 33, Navigation and Navigable WatersRelease 119-110

§59v Middle River, Maryland

Title 33 › CHAPTER 1 — NAVIGABLE WATERS GENERALLY › SUBCHAPTER II — WATERS DECLARED NONNAVIGABLE: CHANGE OF NAME › § 59v

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

A portion of Dark Head Creek in Middle River, Baltimore County, Maryland is declared nonnavigable for the United States’ navigation servitude. The area is everything northwest of a two‑segment line that starts at the point with Maryland State coordinates north 544967.24, east 962701.05 (lat. 39°19′42″ N, long. 76°25′29.5″ W), goes S68°37′56″W from a spot 227.50 feet from the northeast corner of the existing bulkhead and pier line, then goes S44°48′20″W 350.12 feet to the point with coordinates north 544635.94, east 962242.46 (lat. 39°19′39″ N, long. 76°25′35.4″ W). That described line is set as the combined pierhead and bulkhead line for Dark Head Creek. Any project that Congress had authorized before, if it lies inside those boundaries, is not authorized after November 17, 1986. Congress keeps the right to change or repeal this.

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Title 33, §59v

Navigation and Navigable Waters, Source: USLM XML via OLRC

(a)Description

That portion of the waterway in which is located Dark Head Creek in the community of Middle River, Baltimore County, Maryland, lying northwest of a line extending south 68 degrees 37 minutes 56 seconds west from a point (227.50 feet from the northeast corner of the existing bulkhead and pier line) whose coordinates in the Maryland State Coordinate System are north 544967.24 and east 962701.05 (latitude north 39 degrees 19 minutes 42 seconds and longitude west 76 degrees 25 minutes 29.5 seconds) and thence south 44 degrees 48 minutes 20 seconds west, 350.12 feet to a point (at the southwest corner of the existing bulkhead and pier line) whose coordinates in the Maryland State Coordinate System are north 544635.94 and east 962242.46 (latitude north 39 degrees 19 minutes 39 seconds and longitude west 76 degrees 25 minutes 35.4 seconds), is declared to be a nonnavigable water of the United States for purposes of the navigation servitude.

(b)Pierhead and bulkhead line of Dark Head Creek

The line described in subsection (a) shall be established as a combined pierhead and bulkhead line of Dark Head Creek.

(c)Previously authorized projects

Any project heretofore authorized by any Act of Congress, insofar as such project is within the boundaries of Dark Head Creek as described in subsection (a), is not authorized after November 17, 1986.

(d)Reservation of rights

The right to alter, amend, or repeal this section is hereby expressly reserved.

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Citation

33 U.S.C. § 59v

Title 33, Navigation and Navigable Waters

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110