Chesapeake and Delaware Canal at Chesapeake City (IN MLLW)

Highest listed crest 8.67 ftFlood stage 5.5 ft5 crests since 1975

The Chesapeake and Delaware Canal at Chesapeake City (IN MLLW) crested at major flood stage 1 time among the 5 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1975 to 2021. The highest, 8.67 ft on September 19, 2003, was major flooding, 3.17 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest: 8.67 ft; September 19, 2003
Flood stage: 5.5 ft; Major flooding from 7.5 ft
Crests at major: 1; 32nd of 108 gauges in Maryland
Most recent flood crest: October 29, 2021; 5.63 ft, minor flooding
Location: Cecil County; Near Elkton (5.5 mi), Middletown (7.6 mi), Newark (10.8 mi)
Identifiers: NWS CHCM2; No USGS station

Flood stages

The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.

Flood categories, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal at Chesapeake City (IN MLLW)

Action stage	5.0	0	—	The level at which the NWS or its partners begin to take action
Flood stage (minor)	5.5	1	Oct 29, 2021	Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage	6.5	2	Dec 21, 2012	Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage	7.5	1	Sep 19, 2003	Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

5 crests from 1975 to 2021. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.

Highest crests

Highest listed crests, Chesapeake and Delaware Canal at Chesapeake City (IN MLLW)

1	Sep 19, 2003	8.67	+3.17	Major	—
2	Apr 17, 2011	6.86	+1.36	Moderate	—
3	Dec 21, 2012	6.53	+1.03	Moderate	—
4	Oct 29, 2021	5.63	+0.13	Minor	—
5	Apr 5, 1975	-3.63	−9.13	Below flood stage	—

Other gauges in Cecil County

Flood gauges in Cecil County

Elk Mills	9.0	19.00 ft, Jun 1, 1884	8

Cecil County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Maryland

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CHCM2, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.