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Pine Creek in Pennsylvania

River62.1 mi
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Around Pine Creek

10 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Pine Creek is a 62.1 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Pine Creek at Cedar Run, PA (site 01548500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1919 to 2026

Pine Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 1,570 cfs, and lowest in September, at 93 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 42,600 cfs, in 1972.

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Typical flow by month at Pine Creek at Cedar Run, PA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January516284 to 1,080
February481300 to 1,020
March1,310717 to 2,270
April1,570886 to 2,335
May885485 to 1,510
June325197 to 583
July15388 to 299
August10560 to 213
September9357 to 211
October14268 to 326
November421158 to 918
December625355 to 1,160

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 108 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Pine Creek at Cedar Run, PA (site 01548500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

7 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Pine Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • North BendWest Branch Susquehanna RiverPublic
  • Hamilton BottomPine CreekPublic
  • Little Pine Creek State ParkLittle Pine LakePublic
  • Black Walnut BottomPine CreekPublic
  • Lyman Run State ParkLyman Run ReservoirPublic
  • Nessmuk LakeLake NessmukPublic
  • AnsoniaPine CreekPublic

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