Frederick County, Maryland

18 river gauges reading now, shown against their usual but not yet judged.

Official Warnings

No official warning is in effect here right now.

• Potomac River At Burkittsville Road At Brunswick, MD: water level 2.52 ft · above the highest October monthly average on record for this gauge (2.16 ft) · U.S. Geological Survey · 23 min ago
• Linganore Creek At Linganore Road Near Frederick, MD: flow 35.1 ft³/s · above the highest October monthly average on record for this gauge (16 ft³/s) · U.S. Geological Survey · 1 h ago
• Potomac River At Point Of Rocks, MD: flow 1,960 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 43 min ago
• Catoctin Creek Near Middletown, MD: flow 8.23 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 53 min ago
• Bennett Creek At Park Mills, MD: flow 22.2 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 53 min ago

River levels are shown against their usual, but not yet judged. A gauge’s usual here is its range of October monthly averages; the reading is the latest 15-minute value, which a passing rain or dry spell can carry outside that range. So no river gauge makes this county Unusual For Here until we compare each day with the same day’s history.

A gauge’s usual is its range of October monthly averages over its record (USGS).

• USGS daily mean streamflow and gage height - Maryland: 18 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 10 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

2 sources answered; nothing recent here.

25 entries from WZDx 4.1 work zones (mdot) (Maryland DOT) and 2 from CHART incidents (Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration) for this county, in their latest reads.

• WZDx 4.1 work zones (mdot): 25 entries for this county · Maryland DOT · read 11 min ago
• CHART incidents: 2 entries for this county · Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration · read 11 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

1 meeting on the agendas we read for the next seven days.

Coming Up

2 sources answered; nothing recent here.

1 report in the last 6 hours, none published as an event.

• Vital Records System Delays · Frederick County Health Department · 1 h ago Not Yet Confirmed

Maryland Piedmont: AQI 20, within the usual daily AQI in October for this county.

• Maryland Piedmont: AQI 20 · within the usual daily AQI in October for this county · U.S. EPA AirNow · 1 h ago

• USGS latest streamflow and gage height - Maryland: 35 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 11 min ago
• AirNow reporting-area AQI (current and forecast): 5 entries for this county · U.S. EPA AirNow · read 56 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

15263: 51 customers out, within the usual daily peak in October for this county.

• 15263: 51 customers out · within the usual daily peak in October for this county · U.S. Department of Energy / Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ODIN) · 24 min ago

• Mon Power and Potomac Edison (FirstEnergy) outage map (Kubra Storm Center): 1 entry for this county · Mon Power and Potomac Edison (FirstEnergy) · read 57 min ago
• U.S. Department of Energy / Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ODIN) outage map (utility-built): 1 entry for this county · U.S. Department of Energy / Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ODIN) · read 24 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

Quiet

• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA): No reported accident or crossing collision here with a release, evacuation, injury or death in the latest data · Federal Railroad Administration · read Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT
• Gasoline prices (EIA): No weekly move of 10 cents or more · U.S. Energy Information Administration · read Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT

Background

• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Central Atlantic (PADD 1B), week of 2026-10-19: $4.312 a gallon, down 4 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Employment and wages (QCEW)
  Q1 2026: 104,031 jobs (107,612 a year earlier); $1,390 average weekly wage ($1,416 a year earlier). BLS (QCEW)

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. FRA posts about three months after an accident, so its lines are reported, not breaking. Last read: BLS (QCEW) Oct 12, 9:25 AM EDT; U.S. Energy Information Administration Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT; Federal Railroad Administration Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT.

Quiet

• Non-native species (USGS NAS): No new non-native species alert here in the last 30 days · USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) · read Oct 12, 8:04 PM EDT
• Bird flu in wild birds (APHIS): No detection in wild birds here in the last 30 days · USDA APHIS · read Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT
• Introduced species (iNaturalist): No introduced species newly recorded here · iNaturalist · read 1 h ago

Background

• Introduced species (iNaturalist)
  41 research-grade observations of introduced species here in the last 30 days. iNaturalist

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. Bird flu detections are reported in our words with a link to USDA APHIS; its records are not reproduced. iNaturalist observations are shown only under CC0 or CC-BY, with the observer credited; others are counted. Observations with an obscured location are never placed on a county. Last read: USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Oct 12, 8:04 PM EDT; iNaturalist Oct 29, 10:26 AM EDT; USDA APHIS Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT.

Quiet

• Historic places in harm’s way: No listed place here inside an active wildfire perimeter, warning area or flood zone · National Weather Service · read 10 min ago
• National Register nominations (Federal Register): No nomination here under review · National Park Service (Federal Register) · read 1 h ago
• National Register listings (NPS): No listing or removal here in the last 30 days · National Park Service · read Oct 12, 9:25 AM EDT

Background

• National Register listings (NPS)
  50 properties on the National Register in this county, 1 of them a National Historic Landmark. National Park Service

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Sites whose location is restricted are never shown. A place inside a hazard area is our overlay of open maps, as of the hazard’s own time; it says nothing of damage. Last read: National Park Service Oct 12, 9:25 AM EDT; National Park Service (Federal Register) Oct 29, 10:00 AM EDT; National Weather Service Oct 29, 11:27 AM EDT.