About this river
Little Pipe Creek is a 3.1 mile river near River Island Outfitters in Maryland. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Big Pipe Creek at Bruceville, MD (site 01639500). 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
Little Pipe Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 131 cfs, and lowest in September, at 30 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 14,400 cfs, in 1972.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 90 | 56 to 148 | |
| February | 112 | 75 to 188 | |
| March | 131 | 91 to 198 | |
| April | 116 | 81 to 177 | |
| May | 88 | 61 to 142 | |
| June | 60 | 40 to 94 | |
| July | 42 | 27 to 71 | |
| August | 34 | 23 to 53 | |
| September | 30 | 21 to 50 | |
| October | 34 | 24 to 59 | |
| November | 49 | 32 to 89 | |
| December | 78 | 46 to 140 |
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 79 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Big Pipe Creek at Bruceville, MD (site 01639500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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