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Wills Creek in Pennsylvania

River31.7 mi
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Evitts Creek Hiker-Biker Campsite11 miCumberland Visitor Center8.9 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Wills Creek is a 31.7 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Wills Creek below Hyndman, PA (site 01601000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1951 to 2026

Wills Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 308 cfs, and lowest in September, at 9.0 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 7,160 cfs, in 2010.

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Typical flow by month at Wills Creek below Hyndman, PA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January14572 to 313
February17286 to 362
March308179 to 617
April251140 to 463
May201106 to 364
June5535 to 121
July2312 to 46
August136.4 to 28
September9.04.1 to 26
October168.0 to 43
November3417 to 128
December10643 to 243

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 41 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Wills Creek below Hyndman, PA (site 01601000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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