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Crooked Creek near Saltsburg, PA

River55.7 mi
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Around Crooked Creek

Crooked Creek Lake · 0.7 miCrooked Creek Lake · 0.8 mi10 mi

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

About this river

Crooked Creek is a 55.7 mile river near Saltsburg Kayak & Canoe Outfitters in Pennsylvania. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Crooked Creek at Idaho, PA (site 03038000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1938 to 2025

Crooked Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 367 cfs, and lowest in September, at 42 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 17,900 cfs, in 2004.

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Typical flow by month at Crooked Creek at Idaho, PA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January203100 to 441
February265143 to 539
March367233 to 667
April279160 to 515
May18581 to 377
June8246 to 186
July5434 to 106
August4429 to 83
September4227 to 77
October4627 to 103
November9545 to 227
December21299 to 436

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 88 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Crooked Creek at Idaho, PA (site 03038000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

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

  • Crooked Creek LakeCrooked Creek - Crooked Creek LakePublic
  • Rosston - Pool 6Allegheny RiverPublic

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