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Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg

Critical Stages
7' - Action
8' - Flood
10' - Moderate
12' - Major

Latest Observation

Updated: 1:15 PM EST 12/15/25

Status: No Flooding

Stage: 2.24 ft

Flow: 0.0792 kcfs

Forecast

TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
7 PM 12/15 2.3 0.093
1 AM 12/16 2.3 0.093
7 AM 12/16 2.3 0.093
1 PM 12/16 2.3 0.093
7 PM 12/16 2.3 0.093
1 AM 12/17 2.3 0.093
7 AM 12/17 2.3 0.093
1 PM 12/17 2.3 0.093
7 PM 12/17 2.3 0.093
1 AM 12/18 2.3 0.093
7 AM 12/18 2.3 0.093
TimeStage (ft)Flow (kcfs)
1:15 PM 12/15 2.24 0.0792
1:00 PM 12/15 2.24 0.0792
12:45 PM 12/15 2.23 0.0771
12:30 PM 12/15 2.23 0.0771
12:15 PM 12/15 2.23 0.0771
12:00 PM 12/15 2.22 0.075
11:45 AM 12/15 2.22 0.075
11:30 AM 12/15 2.22 0.075
11:15 AM 12/15 2.23 0.0771
11:00 AM 12/15 2.23 0.0771
10:45 AM 12/15 2.23 0.0771
10:30 AM 12/15 2.23 0.0771
10:15 AM 12/15 2.22 0.075
10:00 AM 12/15 2.22 0.075
9:45 AM 12/15 2.22 0.075
9:30 AM 12/15 2.26 0.0836
9:15 AM 12/15 2.3 0.093
9:00 AM 12/15 2.34 0.102
8:45 AM 12/15 2.35 0.104
8:30 AM 12/15 2.35 0.104
8:15 AM 12/15 2.36 0.106
8:00 AM 12/15 2.36 0.106
7:45 AM 12/15 2.36 0.106
7:30 AM 12/15 2.36 0.106
7:15 AM 12/15 2.36 0.106
7:00 AM 12/15 2.34 0.102
6:45 AM 12/15 2.33 0.0995
6:30 AM 12/15 2.31 0.0951
6:15 AM 12/15 2.29 0.0906
6:00 AM 12/15 2.28 0.0882
Hydrograph for Antietam Creek near Sharpsburg
15' - Water reaches the top of the arch of the Old Burnside Bridge at Antietam National Battlefield and the treeline near Old Burnside Bridge. Water also approaches the parking lot of the Pry House Medical Museum.
12' - Water approaches outbuildings off Harpers Ferry Road near Sharpsburg. Significant flooding of low-lying fields near the creek is occurring.
10' - Land near the creek through Antietam National Battlefield is flooded. The lower portion of a driveway adjoining the creek near Route 34 is flooded. Floodwaters approach at least one home on the left bank near Route 34.
9' - Water approaches the lowest corner of the Old Burnside Bridge. Burnside Bridge Road and Manor Church Road are flooded and closed, and trails alongside the creek in Antietam Battlefield are flooded.
8' - A low spot on Burnside Bridge Road, on the south end of Antietam National Battlefield, begins to flood. Flooding on the battlefield along the creek is also occurring, flooding some creekside trails and nearby land. A few small monuments near Burnside Bridge become surrounded by water. Fields off Branch Avenue in Sharpsburg begin to flood.
7' - Water begins to overflow the banks on both sides in Antietam National Battlefield. Water approaches the low spot on Burnside Bridge Road on the far southern end of the battlefield.
DateStage (ft)
Jul 20, 1956 16.73
Sep 26, 1975 14.71
Jun 23, 1972 14.3
Jan 19, 1996 13.71
Jul 11, 1928 11.9
Oct 9, 1976 11.88
Feb 13, 1985 11.32
Jul 18, 1949 11.23
Jun 28, 2006 10.85
Dec 1, 1934 10.8
Apr 27, 1937 10.67
Aug 24, 1933 10.4
Jan 25, 1979 10.39
May 25, 1952 10.32
Feb 15, 1984 10.31
May 16, 2014 10.21
Sep 7, 1996 9.92
Oct 31, 2012 9.89
Jun 19, 1996 9.85
May 3, 1929 9.8

Data provided by the National Weather Service.