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Tangier Sound

Bay in Maryland, near Champ, Crisfield, Deal Island, Ewell, Marion Station, Tylerton and Westover

Current status

No current status shown

No current status is assigned to this water outline. Check the water page for reports and any estimated downstream stretches. Why this status, and its source

Map sources: water outlines and launches from OpenBoatLaunch and OpenStreetMap contributors (Open Database License); wastewater outlets from EPA and state records; downstream estimates by DirtyWaterWatch using U.S. Geological Survey maps and flow data. Base map: OpenFreeMap and OpenMapTiles.

Square boat markers mark boat launches listed by OpenBoatLaunch.

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About this status

No current status shown: no report we track sets a status on this water now; how statuses work

Sources checked: MDE Reported Sewer Overflows (New for 2023), Maryland Open Data Portal (Socrata stgj-u72u) (last successful check 2026-11-03 02:31 UTC). Status by DirtyWaterWatch, updated 2026-11-03 02:43 UTC. · Updated

The last 90 days

Last 90 days, hour by hour. Red: discharge or advisory reported. Amber: caution. Hatched amber: end not confirmed. Grey: no current status on the water outline. Purple hatching: source update overdue.
  • Caution: to
    1 report: City of Crisfield 1
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    The records are also in the report table on this page.

Source: DirtyWaterWatch calculations using the reports named above and the published status rules. Updated 2026-11-03 02:43 UTC.

Reported discharges over time

Historical charts are not available here. See the reports and sources on this page.

Reports linked to Tangier Sound

Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO): sewage spills from a sewer meant to carry sewage separately from rainwater.

Reports linked to Tangier Sound, newest first
WhenReportStatus
to 4:00 PMCity of Crisfield · 199 S Somerset Avenue · SSO · 810 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Jul 24, 12:00 PMCity of Crisfield · 13 & 15 N Somerset Ave · SSO · 11,520 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 2:00 PMCity of Crisfield · 116 N Somerset Ave. · SSO · 200 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Jul 11 ’25, 7:00 AMCity of Crisfield · 111 2nd St · SSO · 3,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Jun 23 ’25, 4:00 AMCity of Crisfield · 219 S Somerset Ave · SSO · 4,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Sep 25 ’24, 3:08 PMCity of Crisfield · 235 Broadway · SSO · 1,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Sep 24 ’24, 8:26 AMCity of Crisfield · N 4th St · SSO · 1,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Mar 30 ’24, 1:34 PMCity of Crisfield · 3411 South Summerset Ave. · SSO · volume in each report mapended
to Mar 30 ’24, 1:34 PMCity of Crisfield · 24 Potomac 15 north summerset, 217 south sumerset, 118 second, 103 second · SSO · volume not reported report · notice · mapended
to Mar 24 ’24, 4:00 PMCity of Crisfield · 3399 South Somerset Ave · SSO · 5,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to Mar 9 ’24, 5:30 PMCity of Crisfield · Potomac St · SSO · 5,000 gallons report · notice · mapended
to 10:01 PMCity of Crisfield · Potomac St · SSO · 600 gallons report · notice · mapended

Sources: MDE Reported Sewer Overflows (New for 2023), Maryland Open Data Portal (Socrata stgj-u72u), retrieved 2026-11-03 02:31 UTC. A report's record id and times show when you hover or focus its "report" link.

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All reports in Maryland by year: 2026 (2 here) · 2025 (3 here) · 2024 (7 here) · 2023 (1 here)

Wastewater outlets on this water

Outfall: a pipe or outlet where wastewater enters a water body.

No wastewater outlet in our records is linked to this water.

Boat launches

Source: OpenBoatLaunch launch records (public agency data and OpenStreetMap, Open Database License). · Tangier Sound on OpenBoatLaunch

Nearby waters

Sources covering this water

13 records linked to this water. Updated .