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Around Dunning Creek
Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US
About this river
Dunning Creek is a 23.3 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Dunning Creek at Belden, PA (site 01560000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1940 to 2026
Dunning Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 358 cfs, and lowest in September, at 25 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,000 cfs, in 2018.
Show the numbers
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) |
|---|---|---|
| January | 150 | 85 to 315 |
| February | 189 | 98 to 415 |
| March | 358 | 212 to 645 |
| April | 261 | 161 to 474 |
| May | 195 | 108 to 365 |
| June | 83 | 51 to 157 |
| July | 43 | 27 to 79 |
| August | 29 | 19 to 54 |
| September | 25 | 18 to 44 |
| October | 31 | 20 to 69 |
| November | 74 | 36 to 170 |
| December | 149 | 74 to 319 |
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 87 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Dunning Creek at Belden, PA (site 01560000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
4 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Dunning Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- Fort Bedford MuseumJuniata River-Raystown BranchPublic
- Shawnee State Park - Kegg RunShawnee LakePublic
- Shawnee State Park - #2 Picnic AreaShawnee LakePublic
- Shawnee State Park - ColvinShawnee LakePublic
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