MD-DE-DC Water Science Center
The following continuous-record surface-water discharge (gaging stations) in Maryland, Delaware, and the District of Columbia have been discontinued. Daily streamflow records (discharge) were collected and published for the period of record, expressed in water years, shown for each station.
A list of active stations can be found at
http://md.water.usgs.gov/data/sw_active.html.
A list of active tidal-height gaging stations can be found at
http://md.water.usgs.gov/data/tide_active.html.
Drainage Period
Station area of
number (mi2) record
Delaware River:
Christina River near Bear, DE ...................01478040 40.6 1977-1981
White Clay Creek above Newark, DE .............01478500 66.7 1952-1959
1962-1980
Mill Creek at Mill Creek Road
at Hockessin, DE ..........................01479197 3.66 1989-1995
Mill Creek at Stanton, DE ...................01479500 12.4 (a)1931-1933
Little Mill Creek near Newport, DE ..........01480095 5.24 1990-1995
1998
Little Mill Creek at Elsmere, DE ............01480100 6.70 1964-1980
Army Creek at State Road, DE ....................01482200 2.42 1978-1981
Red Lion Creek near Red Lion, DE ................01482298 3.08 1978-1981
Noxontown Lake Outlet near Middletown, DE .......01483153 8.85 1993-1994
2001-2004
Spring Mill Branch near Armstrong, DE .........01483165 2001-2004
(previously called Drawyer Creek near Armstrong)
Dove Nest Branch near Odessa, DE ..............01483170 4.68 1978-1980
(previously called Drawyer Creek tributary near Odessa) 2001-2004
Leipsic River near Cheswold, DE ...................01483500 9.35 1931-1933
1943-1957
Fork Branch (head of St. Jones River): Mudstone Branch at Chestnut Grove, DE ...........01483670 8.96 1992-1994
Murderkill River near Felton, DE ..................01484000 13.6 1931-1934
1960-1985
1997-1999
Broadkill River:
Beaverdam Creek near Milton, DE .................01484270 6.10 1971-1980
Sowbridge Branch (head of Primehook Creek)
near Milton, DE ...............................01484300 7.08 1957-1978
Cow Bridge Branch (head of Indian River): Stockley Branch at Stockley, DE .................01484500 5.24 1943-2004 Swan Creek nr Millsboro, DE .......................01484534 4.37 1998-2000 Cow Bridge Branch (head of Indian River): Vines Creek at Omar, DE .........................01484548 13.6 1985-1988 Blackwater Creek nr Clarksville, DE ...............01484600 3.5 1998-2000 Bundicks Branch at Robinsonville, DE ..............01484654 6.33 1998-2000 Munchy Branch nr Rehoboth Beach, DE ...............01484668 0.44 1998-2000
Green Run: North Fork Green Run near Whitesville, DE .......01484981 3.66 1998-2003 South Fork Green Run near Whitesville, DE .......01484983 2.78 1998-2003 Green Run near Carytown, MD .....................01484985 12.8 1998-2003 Pocomoke River near Willards, MD ..................01485000 60.5 1949-2005
Nanticoke River:
Mifflin Ditch near Georgetown, DE ...............01487060 2001-2004
Herring Run tributary at Seaford, DE ............01487195 2001-2004
Trap Pond Outlet (head of Hitch Pond Branch)
near Laurel, DE ..............................01487500 16.7 1951-1971
1972-1973 (CSG)
1975 (CSG)
2001-2004
Dukes and Jobs Ditch near Laurel, DE ............01487698 2001-2004
Broad Creek:
Holly Ditch near Laurel, DE ...................01488000 2.19(a)1951-1956
Marshyhope Creek at Adamsville, DE ..............01488600 60.4 1969-1971
Faulkner Branch at Federalsburg, MD............01489000 7.10 1950-1992
Rewastico Creek near Hebron, MD .................01489500 12.2 1950-1956
Tappahanna Ditch (head of Choptank River):
Tidy Island Creek (continuation of Tappahanna Ditch):
Culbreth Marsh Ditch near Chapeltown, DE ........01490500 11.6 1951-1956
Choptank River:
Kings Creek:
Beaverdam Branch at Matthews, MD ..............01492000 5.85 1950-1981
Chester River: Chesterville Branch near Crumpton, MD ...........01493112 6.12 1998-2002 Southeast Creek at Church Hill, MD ..............01494000 12.5 1951-1956
Sassafras River: Jacobs Creek near Sassafras, MD .................01494500 5.39 1951-1956
Big Elk Creek (head of Elk River): Little Elk Creek at Childs, MD ..................01495500 26.8 1949-1958 Long Creek near Chesapeake City, MD ...............01495800 4.36 1978-1981
Northeast Creek (head of Northeast River) at Leslie, MD ...................................01496000 24.3 1949-1984
Principio Creek near Principio Furnace, MD ........01496200 9.03 1967-1992
Susquehanna River:
Broad Creek at Mill Creek, MD ...................01578000 16.4 (a)1905-1909
Octoraro Creek near Rising Sun, MD ..............01578500 193 1932-1958
1969-1977
Basin Run at Liberty Grove, MD ................01579000 5.31 1949-1958
Octoraro Creek at Rowlandsville, MD .............01579500 210 (a)1896-1899
Deer Creek near Kalmia, MD ......................01580200 125 1967-1977
Deer Creek near Churchville, MD .................01580500 141 (a)1905-1909
Bynum Run (head of Bush River) near Bel Air, MD ...01581000 7.50 1951-1955
Church Creek:
Cranberry Run at Aberdeen, MD .................01581657 4.16 1988-1989
Cranberry Run at Perryman, MD .................01581658 5.22 1987-1989
Gunpowder Falls (head of Gunpowder River):
Western Run:
Delaware Run:
Slade Run near Glyndon, MD ..................01583000 2.09 1947-1981
Gunpowder Falls near Carney, MD ...................01584000 314 1949-1964
Little Gunpowder Falls near Bel Air, MD .........01585000 43 (a)1904-1909
Bird River:
Whitemarsh Run (head of Bird River):
Windlass Run near White Marsh, MD ...........01585107 2.03 1992-1993
Herring Run (head of Back River):
Stemmers Run (head of Northeast Creek)
at Rossville, MD ..............................01585300 4.46 1959-1972
1974-1989
Brien Run at Stemmers Run, MD .................01585400 1.97 1958-1987
North Branch Patapsco River
near Reistertown, MD .........................01586500 91.0 1927-1954
North Branch Patapsco River
near Marriottsville, MD ......................01587000 165 1930-1960
South Branch Patapsco River:
South Branch Patapsco River at Henryton, MD....01587500 64.4 1948-1980
Piney Run near Sykesville, MD .................01588000 11.4 1931-1958
Patapsco River at Woodstock, MD ...................01588500 251 1896-1909
Patapsco River at Hollofield, MD ..................01589000 285 1944-1992
1994-1995
2000-2004
Gwynns Falls near Owings Mills, MD ..............01589200 4.90 1958-1975
Maiden Choice Run at Wilkens Ave.
at Baltimore, MD ............................01589351 2002-2005
Gwynns Run at Baltimore, MD ...................0158935180 2002-2005
Jones Falls at Maryland Ave. at Baltimore, MD ...01589478 58.3 1981-1982
2000-2004
Jones Falls near mouth at Baltimore, MD .........01589480 60.4 1981-1982
Curtis Creek:
Furnace Creek:
Sawmill Creek tributary at BWI Airport
near Ferndale, MD .......................01589501 2.73 1995
1997-2004
Sawmill Creek at Crain Highway
at Glen Burnie, MD......................01589512 8.24 1984-1985
1990-1994
Marley Creek at Harundale, MD .................01589522 4.79 1984-1985
North River (head of South River)
near Annapolis, MD ...........................01590000 8.50 1932-1974
Bacon Ridge Branch at Chesterfield, MD...........01590500 6.92 1943-1952
1975-1990
Rhode River:
Muddy Creek:
North Fork Muddy Creek at South River, MD .....01590700 0.88 1972-1976
Patuxent River:
Cattail Creek near Cookesville, MD...............01591350 8.37 1977-1981
Cattail Creek at Roxbury Mills, MD ..............01591500 27.7 1944-1956
Patuxent River near Burtonsville, MD ..............01592000 127 1911-1945
Middle Patuxent River near Simpsonville, MD .....01593710 48.4 1987-1995
Little Patuxent River:
Dorsey Run near Jessup, MD ....................01594400 11.6 1948-1958
Western Branch near Largo, MD ...................01594500 30.2 1950-1975
Cocktown Creek near Huntingtown, MD .............01594600 3.85 1957-1976
Hunting Creek near Huntingtown, MD ..............01594670 9.38 1988-1998
Killpeck Creek at Huntersvillle, MD .............01594710 3.54 1985-1998
St. Leonard Creek near St. Leonard, MD ..........01594800 6.73 1957-1968
2000-2004
North Branch Potomac River:
South Fork Sand Run near Wilson, MD .............01594934 1.55 1980-1986
Laurel Run at Dobbin Road near Wilson, MD .......01594930 8.23 1980-2004
North Branch Potomac River at Kitzmiller, MD.......01595500* 225 1950-1985
North Branch Potomac River at Barnum, WV ..........01595800* 266 1966-1985
North Branch Potomac River at Bloomington, MD .....01596000 287 1925-1927
1929-1950
Savage River:
Crabtree Creek near Swanton, MD ...............01597000 16.7 1948-1981
Savage River at Bloomington, MD .................01598000 115 1906-1907
1925-1927
1929-1950
North Branch Potomac River at Pinto, MD ...........01600000* 596 1939-1985
Wills Creek below Hyndman, PA ...................01601000 146 1951-1967
North Branch Potomac River at Cumberland, MD ......01602500 873 (a)1894-1897
Evitts Creek near Centerville, PA ...............01603500 30.2 1932-1982
Evitts Creek near Cumberland, MD ................01604000 89.0 (a)1929-1932
Potomac River:
Town Creek near Oldtown, MD .....................01609000 148 1928-1935
1967-1981
2001-2005
Sawpit Run near Oldtown, MD ...................01609500 5.08 1948-1958
Little Tonoloway Creek near Hancock, MD .........01612500 16.9 1947-1963
Potomac River at Shepherdstown, WV ................01618000 5,936 1928-1953
1954-1964 (CSG)
1964-1993
2000-2004
Antietam Creek:
Beaver Creek:
Albert Powell Fish Hatchery Spring
at Beaver Creek, MD .......................01619320 -- 1987-1998
Catoctin Creek:
Little Catoctin Creek at Harmony, MD ..........01637000 8.83 1947-1959
1968
Catoctin Creek near Jefferson, MD ...............01638000 111 (a)1928-1931
Monocacy River:
Piney Creek near Taneytown, MD ................01639140 31.3 1990-2001
Toms Creek at Emmitsburg, MD ..................01639375 41.3 1986-1990
Big Pipe Creek (head of Double Pipe Creek):
Little Pipe Creek at Avondale, MD ...........01640000 8.10 1947-1956
Owens Creek near Foxville, MD .................01640456 1.01 1986-1987
Owens Creek at Lantz, MD ......................01640500 5.93 1932-1984
Hunting Creek near Foxville, MD ...............01640965 2.14 1982-1994
Hunting Creek tributary near Foxville, MD ...01640970 4.01 1982-1991
Hunting Creek near Thurmont, MD ...............01640975 7.08 1982-1986
Bear Branch near Thurmont, MD ...............01640980 0.38 1990-1995
Hunting Creek at Jimtown, MD ..................01641000 18.4 1950-1992
Fishing Creek near Lewistown, MD ..............01641500 7.29 1948-1984
Fishing Creek tributary near Lewistown, MD ..01641510 0.40 1987-1995
Monocacy River near Frederick, MD ...............01642000 665 1896-1930
Linganore Creek near Frederick, MD ............01642500 82.3 1932
1934-1982
Bennett Creek:
Bennett Creek tributary at Park Mills, MD ...01643495 0.15 1992-1993
Broad Run at Elmer, MD ..........................01643615 14 (b)1978-1980
Seneca Creek:
Great Seneca Creek near Gaithersburg, MD ......01644500 41.0 1925-1931
Watts Branch at Rockville, MD ...................01645200 3.70 1957-1987
Little Falls Branch near Bethesda, MD ...........01646550 4.10 1944-1959
1962-1979
Rock Creek:
North Branch Rock Creek:
Williamsburg Run near Olney, MD .............01647685 2.25 1967-1974
North Branch Rock Creek near Norbeck, MD ......01647720 9.73 1967-1977
Manor Run near Norbeck, MD ..................01647725 1.01 1967-1974
North Branch Rock Creek near Rockville, MD ....01647740 12.5 1967-1977
Rock Creek at Q Street, Washington, DC ..........01649000 75.8 (a)1892-1894
1929-1933
Northeast Branch Anacostia River:
Northwest Branch Anacostia River
at Norwood, MD ...........................01650050 2.45 1967-1974
Browns Creek:
Nursery Run at Cloverly, MD ...............01650085 0.35 1967-1974
North Creek:
Batchellors Run at Oakdale, MD ............01650190 0.47(a)1967-1970
Bel Pre Creek at Lay Hill, MD ...............01650450 1.69 1967-1974
Lutes Run at Lutes, MD ....................01650470 0.47(a)1967-1970
Anacostia River:
Beaverdam Branch Anacostia River
at Kenilworth Avenue, Washington, DC .....01652000 14 (a)1911-1912
Henson Creek (head of Broad Creek)
at Oxon Hill, MD ...........................01653500 16.7 1948-1978
Wicomico River:
Chaptico Creek at Chaptico, MD ................01661000 10.4 1947-1972
Monongahela River:
Youghiogheny River:
South Branch Casselman River
near Bittenger, MD .......................03077940 3.22 1976-1981
* Currently active but records are not published. a Daily values data are not online, available in paper publications only. b Approximately. c Estimated daily discharges October 1953 to June 1964.List of active surface-water discharge stations.