Saltsburg Kayak & Canoe Outfitters
Blacklick Creek near Saltsburg Kayak & Canoe Outfitters
About this river
Blacklick Creek is a 14.0 mile river near Saltsburg Kayak & Canoe Outfitters in Pennsylvania. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Blacklick Creek at Josephine, PA (site 03042000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1953 to 2026
Blacklick Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 516 cfs, and lowest in September, at 70 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 22,800 cfs, in 1977.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 296 | 168 to 529 | |
| February | 335 | 190 to 633 | |
| March | 516 | 333 to 836 | |
| April | 404 | 286 to 647 | |
| May | 312 | 185 to 513 | |
| June | 154 | 95 to 292 | |
| July | 107 | 60 to 200 | |
| August | 80 | 48 to 146 | |
| September | 70 | 40 to 145 | |
| October | 76 | 45 to 163 | |
| November | 184 | 85 to 333 | |
| December | 309 | 172 to 553 |
Typical is the median of each month’s daily median values, and the usual range runs from the median 25th to the median 75th percentile, across about 73 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Blacklick Creek at Josephine, PA (site 03042000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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