About this river
Crooked Creek is a 33.6 mile river near Saltsburg Kayak & Canoe Outfitters in Pennsylvania. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Crooked Creek at Crooked Creek Dam near Ford City (site 03039000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1940 to 2026
Crooked Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 641 cfs, and lowest in September, at 59 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 5,800 cfs, in 1940.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 315 | 139 to 730 | |
| February | 438 | 198 to 969 | |
| March | 641 | 312 to 1,060 | |
| April | 467 | 213 to 934 | |
| May | 266 | 136 to 665 | |
| June | 125 | 64 to 319 | |
| July | 83 | 42 to 190 | |
| August | 62 | 30 to 134 | |
| September | 59 | 29 to 127 | |
| October | 66 | 32 to 165 | |
| November | 158 | 67 to 292 | |
| December | 289 | 176 to 679 |
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 68 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Crooked Creek at Crooked Creek Dam near Ford City (site 03039000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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