Rivers and flooding in Maryland
213 river gauges the National Weather Service watches in Maryland. Each has its forecast, flood stages and impacts, and its crest history.
Flood outlook
Significant river flooding over the next five days, and each gauge’s chance of flooding over the next three months.
No significant river flooding is outlined in Maryland in the next five days.
Most likely to flood, September to November
- Monocacy River near Frederick at Interstate 7010% chance of major flooding
- Conococheague Creek at Fairview6% chance of major flooding
- North Branch Potomac River at Cumberland6% chance of major flooding
- Potomac River at Point of Rocks5% chance of major flooding
- Seneca Creek at Dawsonville6% chance of moderate flooding
- Potomac River near Washington DC (Little Falls)7% chance of moderate flooding
- North Branch Potomac River at Luke7% chance of moderate flooding
- Potomac River at Paw Paw6% chance of moderate flooding
- North Branch Potomac River at Kitzmiller7% chance of minor flooding
- Potomac River at Hancock7% chance of minor flooding
10 of the 12 gauges the River Forecast Centers forecast in Maryland have a stated chance of flooding in this period.
Anacostia River
Antietam Creek
Arrowhead Run
at Herring Run
at Stonecrest Hills
Atlantic Coast
Back Branch
Back River Tributary
Baisman Run
Bear Branch
Bear Creek
Beaver Run
Beaverdam Creek
Beaverdam Run
Beetree Run
Bennett Creek
Big Elk Creek
Big Pipe Creek
Birch Branch
Bynum Run
Cabin Branch
Cabin Branch Near Boyds, MD - 01644380
Casselman River
Catoctin Creek Near Middletown
CATTAIL CREEK NEAR GLENWOOD, MD
Centennial Branch Little Patuxent River
Cherry Creek
Chesapeake and Delaware Canal
Chesapeake Bay
- Chesapeake Bay at Bishops Head (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
- Chesapeake Bay at Cambridge (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
- Chesapeake Bay at Havre de Grace (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
- Chesapeake Bay at Little Annemessex River at Crisfield MD (MLLW)Below flood stage
- Chesapeake Bay at Tolchester Beach (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
Chicamacomico River
Collington Branch
Conococheague Creek
Cooperative Oxford Laboratory (IN MLLW)
Cranberry Branch
Dead Run
Dead Run Tributary
Deep Creek Lake
Deer Creek (MD)
Depot Pond
East Branch Herbert Run
Eastern Bay
Foster Branch
Georges Creek
Georges Run
Grave Run
Gunpowder Falls
Gwynns Falls
Gwynns Falls Tributary
Hawlings River
Herring Run
Honeygo Run
Hudson Branch
Indian Creek
James Run
Jones Falls
- Jones Falls at Baltimore HarborOut of service
- Jones Falls at Baltimore Streetcar Museum in BaltimoreNo flood stages set
- Jones Falls at Jones Falls Pumping Station in BaltimoreNo flood stages set
- Jones Falls at Lake Roland DamNo flood stages set
- Jones Falls at Mount Washington in BaltimoreNo flood stages set
- Jones Falls at SorrentoBelow flood stage
- Jones Falls at Woodberry in BaltimoreNo flood stages set
Licking Creek
Little Falls
Little Gunpowder Falls
Little Paint Branch
Little Patuxent River
Little Seneca Creek Tributary
LITTLE SENECA CREEK TRIBUTARY NEAR CLARKSBURG, MD
Little Seneca Creek Tributary Near Germantown, MD
Long Green Creek
Long Quarter Branch
Maidens Choice Run
Manokin Branch
Marsh Run
Mattawoman Creek
McIntosh Run
Minebank Run
Monocacy River
Moores Run
Morgan Run
Nanticoke River
Nassawango Creek
near Bristol
near Indian Creek
North Branch Patapsco River
North Branch Potomac River
North Glade Run
Northeast Branch Anacostia River
Northwest Branch
Northwest Branch Anacostia River
Northwest Branch Patapsco River
Octoraro Creek
Paint Branch
Paint Branch Tributary Near Colesville, MD
Patapsco River
- Patapsco River at CatonsvilleBelow flood stage
- Patapsco River at Elkridge at Patapsco Valley State ParkBelow flood stage
- Patapsco River at Elkridge below Patapsco Valley State ParkBelow flood stage
- Patapsco River at Ellicott CityBelow flood stage
- Patapsco River at HollofieldBelow flood stage
- Patapsco River at WoodstockNo flood stages set
Patuxent River
- Patuxent River at 9th Street in LaurelNo flood stages set
- Patuxent River at Avondale Street in LaurelReading out of date
- Patuxent River at BowieBelow flood stage
- Patuxent River at Brighton DamBelow flood stage
- Patuxent River at Duckett Dam near LaurelBelow flood stage
- Patuxent River at Solomons Island (IN MLLW)Below flood stage
- Patuxent River at UnityBelow flood stage
Piney Run
Piscataway Creek
Plumtree Run
Pocomoke River
Potomac River
- Potomac RiverNo flood stages set
- Potomac River at Edwards FerryBelow flood stage
- Potomac River at HancockBelow flood stage
- Potomac River at Indian Head (IN MLLW)No flood stages set
- Potomac River at Paw PawBelow flood stage
- Potomac River at Point of RocksBelow flood stage
- Potomac River at Washington DC (Little Falls)Below flood stage
- Potomac River at WilliamsportReading out of date
RED RUN NEAR OWINGS MILLS, MD
Savage River
Sawmill Creek
School House Pond
Scotts Level Branch
Seneca Creek
Severn River
Sideling Hill Creek
Sligo Creek
Soper Branch
SOUTH FORK JABEZ BRANCH AT MILLERSVILLE, MD
Southwest Branch
St. Clement Creek
St. George Creek
St. Marys River
Stony Run
Susquehanna River
Swan Creek
Ten Mile Creek
Tonoloway Creek
Town Creek (MD)
Tributary to Dead Run Tributary
Turkey Branch
Unicorn Branch
Unnamed Tributary
- Unnamed Tributary at Beltsville / Virginia Manor RoadNo flood stages set
- Unnamed Tributary at BowieNo flood stages set
- Unnamed Tributary at GreenbeltNo flood stages set
- Unnamed Tributary at Greenbelt Lake near GreenbeltNo flood stages set
- Unnamed Tributary at Harbor Point in BaltimoreNo flood stages set
- Unnamed Tributary at Heritage Glen DamNo flood stages set
- Unnamed Tributary at Largo Town Center DamNo flood stages set
- Unnamed Tributary at Middle RiverReading out of date
- Unnamed Tributary at Northampton Lake Dam in Lake ArborNo flood stages set
- Unnamed Tributary at Northampton Lake Dam in Lake ArborReading out of date
- Unnamed Tributary at Retention Pond near Columbia GatewayNo flood stages set
West Branch Herring Run
Western Branch
Western Run
Wheel Creek Near Abingdon, MD
Whitemarsh Run
Wills Creek
Winters Run
Youghiogheny River
Zekiah Swamp Run
Sources
Gauges, flood stages, impacts and crest history from NOAA’s National Water Prediction Service. Streamflow from the U.S. Geological Survey.