Editing Crisfield, Maryland (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Hurricane Sandy flooding Crisfield MD.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Flooding from [[Hurricane Sandy]]]]
Crisfield is a very compact city, with little vacant land. According to the [[United States Census Bureau]], the city has a total area of {{convert|3.06|sqmi|sqkm|2}}, of which {{convert|1.62|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (53.0%) is land and {{convert|1.44|sqmi|sqkm|2}} (47.0%) is water.<ref name="Gazetteer files">{{cite web|title=US Gazetteer files 2010 |url=https://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |publisher=[[United States Census Bureau]] |access-date=2013-01-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120125061959/http://www.census.gov/geo/www/gazetteer/files/Gaz_places_national.txt |archive-date=2012-01-25 }}</ref>  As one of the southern points on the Delmarva Peninsula and one very close to the Chesapeake Bay, the city is extremely flat, with the elevation never rising above {{convert|3|ft|m}}.

The city of Crisfield is surrounded by [[salt marsh]]es and was built on a floodplain. The downtown is especially prone to flooding during large storms and hurricanes. On October 29, 2012, [[Hurricane Sandy]]'s storm surge left most of the city underwater. Ongoing local concerns about flooding and the impact of [[Current sea level rise|sea level rise]] were featured in ''[[The Washington Post]]'' in October 2013.<ref>{{Cite news
| last = Montgomery
| first = David
| title = Crisfield, Md., beats back a rising Chesapeake Bay
| newspaper =[[The Washington Post]]
| access-date = 2013-10-27
| date = 2013-10-24
| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/magazine/crisfield-md-beats-back-a-rising-chesapeake-bay/2013/10/24/ab213bda-0f1f-11e3-85b6-d27422650fd5_story.html
}}</ref>

Crisfield is the southernmost city in the state of Maryland; the point farthest south is geographically located at Ape Hole.  Regardless of this, [[Southern Maryland]] is an official region of the state not associated with the [[Eastern Shore of Maryland|Eastern Shore]], and areas of [[Saint Mary's County, Maryland|Saint Mary's County]] are sometimes claimed to be the southernmost point of the state.<ref name=saintmaryestate>{{cite web|author=Harley, Lenn|title=Maps and facts about real estate in Saint Mary's County, Maryland|url=http://www.realestatemapsmdva.com/st-marys.shtml|access-date=2009-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100608081149/http://www.realestatemapsmdva.com/st-marys.shtml|archive-date=2010-06-08|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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===Climate===
Crisfield's location on the [[Atlantic Coastal Plain]] in [[Maryland]] gives it a [[humid subtropical climate]], with hot, humid summers and cool to mild winters.  Its proximity to water, as well as a common trend on the Delmarva Peninsula, means that the city does not see much snowfall in the winters; meaning Crisfield as well as [[Inner Harbor]] [[Baltimore]], and the border of [[Assateague Island]] on the Atlantic Barrier Island are the only [[hardiness zone]] 8a examples in Maryland.

{{Weather box 
|location = Crisfield, Maryland
|single line = Y
|Jan record high F = 64
|Feb record high F = 69
|Mar record high F = 77
|Apr record high F = 87
|May record high F = 91
|Jun record high F = 92
|Jul record high F = 99
|Aug record high F = 98
|Sep record high F = 92
|Oct record high F = 90
|Nov record high F = 78
|Dec record high F = 71
|Jan high F = 44
|Feb high F = 47
|Mar high F = 55
|Apr high F = 65
|May high F = 74
|Jun high F = 82
|Jul high F = 87
|Aug high F = 85
|Sep high F = 79
|Oct high F = 69
|Nov high F = 58
|Dec high F = 49
|Jan low F = 30
|Feb low F = 31
|Mar low F = 38
|Apr low F = 48
|May low F = 57
|Jun low F = 66
|Jul low F = 71
|Aug low F = 71
|Sep low F = 64
|Oct low F = 53
|Nov low F = 43
|Dec low F = 34
|Jan record low F = −1
|Feb record low F = 3
|Mar record low F = 10
|Apr record low F = 27
|May record low F = 38
|Jun record low F = 46
|Jul record low F = 51
|Aug record low F = 50
|Sep record low F = 45
|Oct record low F = 30
|Nov record low F = 22
|Dec record low F = 7
|Jan precipitation inch = 3.25
|Feb precipitation inch = 3.00
|Mar precipitation inch = 4.29
|Apr precipitation inch = 2.81
|May precipitation inch = 3.12
|Jun precipitation inch = 2.83
|Jul precipitation inch = 4.14
|Aug precipitation inch = 4.15
|Sep precipitation inch = 2.76
|Oct precipitation inch = 2.78
|Nov precipitation inch = 2.80
|Dec precipitation inch = 2.51
|source 1 = Weather.com<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.weather.com/outlook/travel/vacationplanner/wxclimatology/monthly/graph/21817|title=Monthly Weather Forecast for Crisfield, Maryland (21817)|publisher=The Weather Channel|access-date=2010-09-11}}</ref>
|date=September 2010
}}