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MD Yacht Charters

Piscataway Creek near Oxon Hill, MD

Stream5.1 mi

Around here

Around Piscataway Creek

Fort Washington Park2.4 miFort Washington Park Visitor Center2.5 mi1 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Piscataway Creek is a 5.1 mile stream near MD Yacht Charters in Maryland. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Piscataway Creek at Piscataway, MD (site 01653600). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1966 to 2025

Piscataway Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 50 cfs, and lowest in September, at 3.9 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,500 cfs, in 1979.

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Typical flow by month at Piscataway Creek at Piscataway, MD, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January3920 to 59
February4330 to 67
March5032 to 79
April4430 to 66
May3017 to 52
June146.6 to 28
July7.31.9 to 18
August6.11.1 to 16
September3.90.2 to 15
October7.02.7 to 26
November157.0 to 36
December3014 to 56

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 58 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Piscataway Creek at Piscataway, MD (site 01653600). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

One mapped launch sits in the mapped area of Piscataway Creek. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

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