Small watershed flood-control dams in the Potomac Valley of West Virginia provided $5.8 million in flood benefits to people, property, infrastructure and farms during the heavy rain event that began ...

With the ongoing lack of substantial rain, the streamflow of the Potomac River is so low that hourly drought monitoring has been triggered for the area’s prime drinking water supply.

On the 17th, Confederate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson launched an assault on Dam No. 5 on the Potomac River near Williamsport, Maryland, to stop the diversion of water into the C&O Canal, a ...

North Branch Potomac River in Western Maryland, just downstream of the Jennings Randolph Dam. North Branch of the Potomac River near the Gary Yoder Boat Launch, Black Oak, Allegany County, Maryland.

These upstream locations are used to make water supply demands and “reach an environmental flow-by of 100 million gallons per day (MGD) on the Potomac River at Little Falls dam near Washington ...