Carroll Creek is an 8.3-mile-long (13.4 km)[1]tributary of the Monocacy River in Frederick County, Maryland. The headwaters of the creek are located on the eastern slopes of Catoctin Mountain, southeast of Gambrill State Park. The stream runs roughly east through the city of Frederick to the Monocacy, which drains to the Potomac River. The Shawnee Indians, who called the Monocacy River Monnockkesey (which translates as โriver with many bendsโ), named Carroll Creek Walkwaki Methtegui, (which translates as "down in the gully creek").
Following two devastating floods in the mid-70s, the City of Frederick undertook an ambitious flood control project to protect its historic downtown from future damage. The innovative design called for the installation of an underground system of concrete conduits able to convey storm-water safely through downtown Frederick. The projectโs ground-level elements allowed the development of a new Linear Park.
^U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National MapArchived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 15, 2011
^Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 13, House, Page 18607Archived 2023-01-19 at the Wayback Machine, accessed January 19, 2023
External links
Carroll Creek Park - Flood control and restoration project, City of Frederick