Eastern Bay at Claiborne (IN MLLW)

Highest listed crest 5.32 ftFlood stage 3.4 ft4 crests since 2019

The Eastern Bay at Claiborne (IN MLLW) crested above flood stage 4 times among the 4 crests the National Weather Service lists from 2019 to 2025. The highest, 5.32 ft on January 10, 2024, was moderate flooding, 1.92 feet above flood stage.

The gauge

Highest listed crest
5.32 ft
January 10, 2024
Flood stage
3.4 ft
Major flooding from 5.4 ft
Crests at major
0
4 above flood stage
Most recent flood crest
October 30, 2025
4.47 ft, moderate flooding
Location
Talbot County
Near Easton (12.1 mi)

Flood stages

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

Flood categories, Eastern Bay at Claiborne (IN MLLW)
Flood stage (minor)3.40—Minimal or no property damage, but possibly some public threat
Moderate flood stage4.44Oct 30, 2025Some inundation of structures and roads near the stream
Major flood stage5.40—Extensive inundation of structures and roads

Every listed crest

4 crests from 2019 to 2025. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.

Listed crests at the Eastern Bay at Claiborne (IN MLLW), 2019 to 2025 33.544.555.5ft Flood stage 3.4 ftMajor 5.4 ft Oct 12, 2019: 4.42 ft, moderate floodingOct 29, 2021: 5.11 ft, moderate floodingJan 10, 2024: 5.32 ft, moderate floodingOct 30, 2025: 4.47 ft, moderate flooding Highest, 5.32 ft, Jan 10, 2024 20202025

Crests at or above flood stage, by decade

Crests at or above flood stage per decade, Eastern Bay at Claiborne (IN MLLW) 2010s: 1 2020s: 3 3 2010s2020s
  1. 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.
  2. 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, Eastern Bay at Claiborne (IN MLLW)
1Jan 10, 20245.32+1.92Moderate—
2Oct 29, 20215.11+1.71Moderate—
3Oct 30, 20254.47+1.07Moderate—
4Oct 12, 20194.42+1.02Moderate—

Other gauges in Talbot County

Flood gauges in Talbot County
Cooperative Oxford Laboratory (IN MLLW)3.54.48 ft, Oct 30, 20250

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

NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge CLNM2, 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.