MD, WV · Shenandoah basin · HUC 02070002

North Branch Potomac River

Running high for this time of year

78th percentile
streamflow volume for this time of year
5 gauges reporting
Good water quality
at each of 1 sampling site
877sq mi drains to the lowest gauge
101.4mi long, head to mouth

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10 mi 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 South Branch Potomac River 1,480 sq mi Potomac River SQ MISQ MI 2.1 Deakin Run 3.5 Elk Run 8.9 Laurel Run 3.2 Red Oak Creek Sand Run, 4 sq mi Sand Run, 4 sq mi 5.5 Shields Run 10.1 Buffalo Creek 5.2 Nydegger Run 8.9 Glade Run Steyer Run, 1.8 sq mi Steyer Run, 1.8 sq mi 8.1 Difficult Creek 58.5 Stony River 8.7 Laurel Run Crooked Run, 1.3 sq mi Crooked Run, 1.3 sq mi 3.1 Maple Run 10.2 Lostland Run Short Run, 2.5 sq mi Short Run, 2.5 sq mi 44.2 Abram Creek 5.2 Wolfden Run 9.5 Three Forks Run Stony Hollow Run, 1 sq mi Stony Hollow Run, 1 sq mi 9.6 Deep Run 6.6 Howell Run Elklick Run, 4.2 sq mi Elklick Run, 4.2 sq mi 2.3 Lynnwood Run 4.9 Folly Run 5.5 Laurel Run 4.8 Piney Swamp Run 115.7 Savage River 2.1 Montgomery Run 74.1 Georges Creek Slaughterhouse Run, 0.9 sq mi Slaughterhouse Run, 0.9 sq mi Stony Run, 4.2 sq mi Stony Run, 4.2 sq mi Dry Run, 0.8 sq mi Dry Run, 0.8 sq mi 1.8 Thunderhill Run 53.5 New Creek 4.7 Limestone Run 3.1 Ashcabin Run 9.1 Mill Run 7.3 Warrior Run 254.3 Wills Creek 94.3 Evitts Creek 10.7 Collier Run 282.3 Patterson Creek 7.6 Brice Hollow Run 12.2 Green Spring Run 21.7 Mill Run Bayard Gorman Kitzmiller Elk Garden Bloomington Luke Franklin Westernport Piedmont McCoole Keyser Dawson Danville Rawlings Bier Bel Air Cresaptown Potomac Park Bowling Green Carpendale Ridgeley Cumberland Wiley Ford Spring Gap Green Spring Oldtown Steyer Kitzmiller Barnum Luke Cumberland

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flow gauge selected, chart below water quality site water good town on the river

Steyer

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73.1 sq mi drains to here +227% vs. 7 days ago

The uppermost gauge on this reach. Flow here is very high for early September.

joins between Steyer and Kitzmiller
Unnamed / ungauged inflow~152 sq mi, not measured

Kitzmiller

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225 sq mi drains to here +223% vs. 7 days ago

Flow here is high for early September. The river collects another 151.9 square miles of drainage between Steyer and here.

joins between Kitzmiller and Barnum
Unnamed / ungauged inflow~41 sq mi, not measured

Barnum

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266 sq mi drains to here Water quality good sampled this month
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Barnum
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Flow here is high for early September. The river collects another 41 square miles of drainage between Kitzmiller and here.

joins between Barnum and Luke
Unnamed / ungauged inflow~140 sq mi, not measured

Luke

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406 sq mi drains to here 0% vs. 7 days ago

Flow here is high for early September. The river collects another 140 square miles of drainage between Barnum and here.

joins between Luke and Cumberland
Unnamed / ungauged inflow~471 sq mi, not measured

Cumberland

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877 sq mi drains to here +16% vs. 7 days ago

The lowest gauge on this reach. Flow here is above normal for early September. The river collects another 471 square miles of drainage between Luke and here.

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