TidalMapBear Creek at Friendsville, MD Water Level Today
NWS river forecast
| When | Stage | Flow |
|---|
Forecast from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service. Issued a few times a day and only while a forecast is active. Not for navigation.
Last 30 days
About this gauge
USGS gauge 03076600 sits on Bear Creek and reads everything draining 49 square miles of the Youghiogheny basin. Its datum sits 1,551 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1965, 62 years of it.
Where this gauge sits in the drainage
No gauged site sits above this one on the mainstem, so this is the first published reading on the river. Downstream the next reading comes from Youghiogheny River Lake at Rt 40 Bridge, PA at 402 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 12% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
Bear Creek runs a median of 55 cfs at this gauge across 62 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 129 cfs, and September the leanest at 9.9 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3,100 cfs in 1971, and the lowest is 1.6 cfs in 1966.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 77 cfs | 140% |
| Feb | 90 cfs | 164% |
| Mar | 129 cfs | 235% |
| Apr | 104 cfs | 190% |
| May | 78 cfs | 142% |
| Jun | 35 cfs | 64% |
| Jul | 20 cfs | 36% |
| Aug | 16 cfs | 29% |
| Sep | 9.9 cfs | 18% |
| Oct | 12 cfs | 22% |
| Nov | 37 cfs | 67% |
| Dec | 76 cfs | 138% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1965 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Flood stages and record crests
The highest crest on record is 9.6 feet, in September 1971.
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| September 1971 | 9.6 ft |
| January 1996 | 8.8 ft |
| February 2000 | 8.3 ft |
| September 2018 | 7.5 ft |
| March 1967 | 6.6 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BRCM2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 03076600. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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