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Pond Branch at Oregon Ridge, MD Water Level Today

Maryland · USGS gauge 01583570 · live data · Updated Oct 28, 2026

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About this gauge

USGS gauge 01583570 sits on Pond Branch and reads everything draining 0.1 square miles of the Gunpowder-Patapsco basin. Its datum sits 432 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1983, 32 years of it.

Normal flows here

Pond Branch runs a median of 0.1 cfs at this gauge across 32 years of record. May is the fullest month at a median 0.2 cfs, and September the leanest at 0.1 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 3.4 cfs in 2014, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1986.

Median flow by month
MonthMedian flowShare of annual median
Jan0.1 cfs92%
Feb0.1 cfs108%
Mar0.1 cfs125%
Apr0.2 cfs146%
May0.2 cfs150%
Jun0.1 cfs125%
Jul0.1 cfs92%
Aug0.1 cfs83%
Sep0.1 cfs75%
Oct0.1 cfs75%
Nov0.1 cfs75%
Dec0.1 cfs92%

Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1983 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.

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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 01583570. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.

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