TidalMapSideling Hill Creek near Bellegrove, 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 01610155 sits on Sideling Hill Creek and reads everything draining 102 square miles of the Cacapon-Town basin. Its datum sits 440 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1967, 37 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 Potomac River at Hancock, MD at 4,064 square miles, so what passes this gauge is about 3% of the water measured there.
Normal flows here
Sideling Hill Creek runs a median of 31 cfs at this gauge across 37 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 121 cfs, and September the leanest at 2.3 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 9,200 cfs in 1972, and the lowest is 0.0 cfs in 1999.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 57 cfs | 184% |
| Feb | 80 cfs | 258% |
| Mar | 121 cfs | 390% |
| Apr | 94 cfs | 303% |
| May | 73 cfs | 235% |
| Jun | 19 cfs | 61% |
| Jul | 5.8 cfs | 19% |
| Aug | 3.5 cfs | 11% |
| Sep | 2.3 cfs | 8% |
| Oct | 5.0 cfs | 16% |
| Nov | 20 cfs | 63% |
| Dec | 59 cfs | 190% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1967 to 2026. A month at 100% is running at its own long-term median.
Flood stages and record crests
Sideling Hill Creek reaches flood stage at this gauge at 7.5 feet. NWS starts watching it at 6.5 feet. The highest crest on record is 12.4 feet, in June 1972.
| Category | Gage height |
|---|---|
| Action | 6.5 ft |
| Minor flooding | 7.5 ft |
| Moderate flooding | 13 ft |
| Major flooding | 17 ft |
| When | Crest |
|---|---|
| June 1972 | 12.4 ft |
| September 2004 | 11.8 ft |
| May 2025 | 10.2 ft |
| March 2008 | 10 ft |
| September 2021 | 9.2 ft |
Flood categories and crest history from the NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge BELM2. Stages are gage height, not depth. Not for navigation.
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Live streamflow and gage height: USGS gauge 01610155. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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