Seneca Creek at Dawsonville

1. 34.00 ftWater covers the Route 28 bridge near Dawsonville.
2. 21.00 ftWater reaches the parking lot off Route 28 for Seneca Creek State Park.
3. 16.00 ftNumerous roads are flooded near Seneca Creek. The exact roads affected will depend on which portion of the basin received the heaviest rainfall.
4. 14.00 ftWater reaches the instrumentation inside the gage house. Automated reports from this location will likely be unavailable above this level.
5. 11.00 ftWater from the creek enters the gage house. Reports from this location may become sporadic. Multiple roads are flooded, and water is also reaching the first floor of Old Black Rock Mill.
6. 7.50 ftPortions of the Seneca Creek Greenway are flooded. A small portion of Berryville Road west of Darnestown begins to flood.
7. 5.00 ftWater begins to overflow the banks underneath the route 28 bridge. Users of the seneca creek greenway should seek higher ground at these levels.

Chance of flooding, September to November

The three-month chances are the River Forecast Centers’ long-range flood outlook, issued August 28, 2026.

Most recent crests

• January 10, 2024: 7.90 ft
• December 18, 2023: 7.72 ft
• September 23, 2021: 7.68 ft
• November 1, 2019: 9.00 ft
• July 8, 2019: 11.73 ft
• March 22, 2019: 8.73 ft
• December 16, 2018: 8.98 ft
• November 25, 2018: 8.18 ft
• September 28, 2018: 8.26 ft
• July 22, 2018: 10.82 ft

• Little Seneca Creek Tributary Near Germantown, MD
• Cabin Branch Near Boyds, MD - 01644380
• Ten Mile Creek at Boyds
• Ten Mile Creek at Clarksburg
• Potomac River at Edwards Ferry
• Broad Run at Sterling
• Little Seneca Creek Tributary
• LITTLE SENECA CREEK TRIBUTARY NEAR CLARKSBURG, MD

Forecasts by the Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center. Forecasts are issued routinely year-round. Stage may be affected by ice.

Stage, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow and the daily record from the U.S. Geological Survey.