Opequon Creek Near Martinsburg, WV

USGS Site No: 01616500 • Opequon Creek • Berkeley County, WV

Opequon Creek Near Martinsburg, WV on the Opequon Creek is currently at 278 cfs (High — 84th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 2.96 ft.

Reading from

278
CFS Discharge
2.96
Gage Height (ft)
High
Flow Condition
Normal
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for October 28 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 46
25th Low threshold 62
50th (Median) Normal (median) 92
75th High threshold 140
95th Very High threshold 431 Today: 278 cfs

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

2.2k 1.1k 0 cfs Apr 6 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 496 —
May 27, 2026 392 —
May 26, 2026 331 —
May 25, 2026 434 —
May 24, 2026 694 —
May 23, 2026 970 —
May 22, 2026 355 —
May 21, 2026 191 —
May 20, 2026 84 —
May 19, 2026 83 —
May 18, 2026 77 —
May 17, 2026 78 —
May 16, 2026 80 —
May 15, 2026 90 —
Apr 21, 2026 105 —
Apr 20, 2026 111 —
Apr 19, 2026 108 —
Apr 18, 2026 104 —
Apr 17, 2026 108 —
Apr 16, 2026 112 —
Apr 15, 2026 114 —
Apr 14, 2026 117 —
Apr 13, 2026 117 —
Apr 12, 2026 121 —
Apr 11, 2026 125 —
Apr 10, 2026 130 —
Apr 9, 2026 134 —
Apr 8, 2026 140 —
Apr 7, 2026 156 —
Apr 6, 2026 176 —

Station Information

USGS Site No
01616500
State
WV
Coordinates
39.4237, -77.9386
Drainage Area
272 mi²
Datum (ft)
354.7
HUC Code
02070004
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Flood Stage Thresholds

Action Stage
9.0 ft
Flood Stage
10.0 ft
Moderate Flood
12.5 ft
Major Flood
15.0 ft

Currently 7.04 ft below flood stage.

Recent Extremes

Max discharge
3,540 cfs
May 14, 2025
Min discharge
46 cfs
Jan 31, 2026
Days at flood stage
0

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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