TidalMapTuckahoe Creek near Ruthsburg, 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 01491500 sits on Tuckahoe Creek and reads everything draining 85 square miles of the Choptank basin. Its datum sits 10 feet above sea level NAVD88. Daily flow has been on record here since 1951, 31 years of it.
Normal flows here
Tuckahoe Creek runs a median of 64 cfs at this gauge across 31 years of record. March is the fullest month at a median 126 cfs, and September the leanest at 28 cfs. The highest daily mean on record is 5,970 cfs in 2011, and the lowest is 1.6 cfs in 2002.
| Month | Median flow | Share of annual median |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 96 cfs | 150% |
| Feb | 107 cfs | 167% |
| Mar | 126 cfs | 197% |
| Apr | 108 cfs | 168% |
| May | 78 cfs | 122% |
| Jun | 55 cfs | 86% |
| Jul | 35 cfs | 55% |
| Aug | 30 cfs | 47% |
| Sep | 28 cfs | 44% |
| Oct | 34 cfs | 53% |
| Nov | 48 cfs | 75% |
| Dec | 80 cfs | 125% |
Medians from the USGS daily-statistics record, 1951 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 01491500. Percentile context computed against the gauge's period of record. Not for navigation.
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