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Deer Creek in Maryland

Stream44.5 mi
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Around Deer Creek

Bar Harbor RV Park and Marina18.8 miJellystone Park Quarryville22.2 mi10 mi

Source: USGS GNIS · Source: National Park Service. No claim to original U.S. Government works. · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

Deer Creek is a 44.5 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Deer Creek near Darlington, MD (site 01580520). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

2000 to 2026

Deer Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 239 cfs, and lowest in September, at 98 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,200 cfs, in 2006.

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Typical flow by month at Deer Creek near Darlington, MD, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January192125 to 290
February234156 to 303
March235181 to 345
April239179 to 333
May222162 to 283
June170143 to 246
July139104 to 206
August11688 to 165
September9870 to 151
October11379 to 185
November13596 to 211
December184125 to 300

Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 27 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Deer Creek near Darlington, MD (site 01580520). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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