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River Island Outfitters

Bennett Creek near River Island Outfitters

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About this river

Bennett Creek is a 4.3 mile river near River Island Outfitters in Maryland. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bennett Creek at Park Mills, MD (site 01643500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1948 to 2026

Bennett Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 80 cfs, and lowest in September, at 17 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,500 cfs, in 1972.

Typical flow by month at Bennett Creek at Park Mills, MD, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January5834 to 89
February6949 to 106
March8054 to 124
April7454 to 110
May5739 to 90
June4127 to 65
July2618 to 40
August2114 to 31
September1711 to 29
October1914 to 34
November2820 to 53
December4728 to 87

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 70 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bennett Creek at Park Mills, MD (site 01643500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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