Patuxent River near Bowie, MD
Anne Arundel County, Maryland · USGS 01594440
Latest observation
What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Patuxent River at its USGS monitoring location in Anne Arundel County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.
Observed · 43 minutes ago
Observed
How to read these numbers
How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.
The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.
How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.
The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.
Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.
Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.
Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.
Near historical median · Rising
Streamflow is currently 180 ft³/s, about equal to the historical median for this date. Flow has risen 40 CFS over the past 24 hours.
USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 179 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics
How trends & context are calculated →Streamflow trend
Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 26 · dates shown in UTC · 30 observations
Look at the data (30 rows)
| Date (UTC) | Daily mean |
|---|---|
| Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM | 158 CFS |
| Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM | 140 CFS |
| Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM | 111 CFS |
| Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM | 107 CFS |
| Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM | 107 CFS |
| Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM | 110 CFS |
| Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM | 162 CFS |
| Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM | 158 CFS |
| Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM | 124 CFS |
| Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM | 110 CFS |
| Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM | 101 CFS |
| Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM | 98.7 CFS |
| Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM | 95.9 CFS |
| Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM | 93.4 CFS |
| Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM | 115 CFS |
| Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM | 124 CFS |
| Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM | 106 CFS |
| Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM | 105 CFS |
| Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM | 96.3 CFS |
| Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM | 91.2 CFS |
| Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM | 90.5 CFS |
| Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM | 135 CFS |
| Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM | 113 CFS |
| Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM | 102 CFS |
| Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM | 115 CFS |
| Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM | 271 CFS |
| Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM | 553 CFS |
| Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM | 287 CFS |
| Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM | 159 CFS |
| Sep 26, 2026, 12:00 AM | 138 CFS |
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