Rivers in Maryland
Patuxent River near Unity
Below flood stage
2.26ftStage
Observed Wed, Sep 23, 1:55 PM EDT
- Flood stage
- 8.00 ft
- Record crest
- 18.60 ft1971
Flood stages and impacts
| Category | Stage |
|---|---|
| Major flood | 18.00 ft |
| Moderate flood | 11.00 ft |
| Minor flood | 8.00 ft |
| Action | 7.00 ft |
- 11.00 ftHoward Chapel Road is flooded at the Patuxent River.
- 8.00 ftThe parking lot for the Patuxent River State Park at Maryland Route 97 begins to flood.
Crest history
42 crests on NOAA’s list since 1945.
| # | Date | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | September 11, 1971 | 18.60 ft |
| 2 | June 22, 1972 | 16.10 ft |
| 3 | July 21, 1956 | 14.35 ft |
| 4 | August 1, 1945 | 13.58 ft |
| 5 | September 26, 1975 | 12.69 ft |
| 6 | October 1, 1979 | 11.72 ft |
| 7 | May 6, 1989 | 10.54 ft |
| 8 | September 6, 1996 | 10.52 ft |
| 9 | January 31, 2013 | 10.49 ft |
| 10 | June 27, 2006 | 10.36 ft |
| 11 | November 16, 2006 | 10.31 ft |
| 12 | December 11, 2003 | 10.02 ft |
| 13 | July 31, 2016 | 9.83 ft |
| 14 | June 13, 2003 | 9.81 ft |
| 15 | November 1, 2019 | 9.15 ft |
| 16 | September 6, 1979 | 9.15 ft |
| 17 | November 28, 1993 | 8.97 ft |
| 18 | September 1, 1952 | 8.95 ft |
| 19 | September 14, 1966 | 8.90 ft |
| 20 | October 23, 1990 | 8.82 ft |
| 21 | April 30, 2014 | 8.81 ft |
| 22 | June 28, 2015 | 8.76 ft |
| 23 | January 26, 1978 | 8.75 ft |
| 24 | July 22, 2018 | 8.60 ft |
| 25 | May 16, 2014 | 8.60 ft |
Most recent crests
- September 23, 2021: 8.54 ft
- November 1, 2019: 9.15 ft
- November 1, 2019: 8.00 ft
- July 8, 2019: 8.01 ft
- July 22, 2018: 8.60 ft
- July 31, 2016: 9.83 ft
- June 28, 2015: 8.76 ft
- May 16, 2014: 8.60 ft
- April 30, 2014: 8.81 ft
- January 31, 2013: 10.49 ft
Nearby
Upstream, downstream and the gauges around this one.
- DownstreamPatuxent River at Brighton Dam
- CATTAIL CREEK NEAR GLENWOOD, MD
- Hawlings River at Sandy Spring
- Little Seneca Creek Tributary
- Centennial Branch Little Patuxent River at Centennial Lake
- LITTLE SENECA CREEK TRIBUTARY NEAR CLARKSBURG, MD
- Little Patuxent River at Lake Kittamaqundi
- Paint Branch Tributary Near Colesville, MD
What this means
Forecasts by the Middle Atlantic River Forecast Center. Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point. Stage may be affected by ice.
Sources
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.