TidalMapChesterville Branch near Crumpton, 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 01493112 sits on Chesterville Branch and reads everything draining 6.1 square miles of the Chester-Sassafras basin. Its datum sits 2 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1996, 20 years of it.
Normal flows here
Chesterville Branch runs a median of 6.2 cfs at this gauge across 20 years of record. April is the fullest month at a median 8.2 cfs, and September the leanest at 4.8 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 722 cfs in 1999, and the lowest is 1.3 cfs in 2025.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 6.2 cfs | 99% |
| Feb | 7.4 cfs | 118% |
| Mar | 8.0 cfs | 128% |
| Apr | 8.2 cfs | 131% |
| May | 7.5 cfs | 120% |
| Jun | 6.9 cfs | 110% |
| Jul | 6.1 cfs | 98% |
| Aug | 5.0 cfs | 80% |
| Sep | 4.8 cfs | 78% |
| Oct | 5.3 cfs | 85% |
| Nov | 5.4 cfs | 86% |
| Dec | 6.2 cfs | 99% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1996 to 2025. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 01493112. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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