Savage River level at Bloomington
Maryland · Paddling & whitewater
Measured at USGS 01597500 — SAVAGE RIV BL SAVAGE RIV DAM NEAR BLOOMINGTON, MD · NWS forecast point SRVM2
Reading taken · as of 1 hour ago
In its normal runnable range
At 60 CFS, this gauge is inside the middle half of the 75 years USGS has recorded for this date (1951–2026), at 100% of the 60 CFS median.
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Flood stages at Bloomington
National Weather Service categories for gauge SRVM2, WFO LWX. Impact wording is the NWS's own, verbatim.
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Action 9.0 ft
- Right now 0.78 ft
Flow history at Bloomington
Daily values from USGS 01597500, updated every 15 to 60 minutes; NWS forecast for SRVM2 reissued through the day. Provisional.
Highest crests on record at Bloomington
6 on record
| Stage | Flow | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 10.09 ft | 9,190 CFS | Sep 7, 1996 |
| 7.81 ft | 8,550 CFS | Nov 4, 1985 |
| 7.70 ft | 6,530 CFS | Oct 16, 1954 |
| 7.03 ft | 5,390 CFS | Aug 7, 1969 |
| 6.78 ft | 4,910 CFS | Jan 8, 1952 |
| 6.77 ft | 5,790 CFS | Sep 9, 2018 |
Crests published by the National Weather Service.
About Savage River at Bloomington
September 1996 is still the largest event this station has recorded: a peak of 9,190 CFS at 10.09 feet on the 7th, and a daily mean of 4,320 CFS, both records in a series that opens on 1 October 1948. The second largest peak, 8,550 CFS, is from November 1985. The third is recent, 6,640 CFS on 13 May 2025.
Everything between those events is small. The drainage is 106 square miles, the published monthly medians run from 55 CFS in July and August to 182 in March, and the lowest daily mean on file is 0.6 CFS from 27 July 1951, below Savage River Dam. Daily statistics cover 1951 to 2026, about 76 years. The NWS publishes action stage at 9 feet here and nothing above it, so the 1996 crest is the only entry on the six-crest list that has cleared the single defined rung.
Savage River at Bloomington — common questions
6 questions
What flood information is available for this gauge?
Only the first rung. Action stage is 9 feet at the Bloomington forecast point; minor, moderate and major flood stages are not published. Six historical crests are on file, led by 10.09 feet in September 1996, 7.81 feet in November 1985 and 7.7 feet in October 1954. Five of the six sit below action stage.
How long is the record here?
Long and unbroken. The daily series holds 28,480 values from 1 October 1948 to the present, and the published statistics window runs 1951 to 2026. Seventy-seven annual peaks are on file, from July 1949 to May 2025.
Is the Youghiogheny a good comparison?
It is the most complete peer pairing in this batch. The Youghiogheny at Friendsville is 18.4 miles away and the two gauges have reported on all 28,480 of the same days since October 1948. They correlate at 0.598, with this gauge running at a median of about 0.26 times the Youghiogheny's flow. A moderate correlation over a perfect overlap, which is a fair description of a dam-controlled release beside a free-flowing river in the same weather.
How fast can Savage River at Bloomington come up?
Fast. It is free-flowing, so rain upstream moves it directly. Several feet in a few hours is normal after a heavy storm.
Is Savage River at Bloomington high or low for this time of year?
The USGS median flow for late September here is 60 CFS, from 75 years of record (1951–2026). Today sits inside the middle half of those years, at 100% of the median. The comparison is what makes the raw number mean anything: the same reading is a drought on one river and a flood on another.
How often does this reading update?
USGS transmits from gauge 01597500 every 15 to 60 minutes, and the National Weather Service reissues the flood forecast for SRVM2 a few times a day — more often when the river is rising. This page refreshes from both when you open it. The timestamp is in the gauge's local time.