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Historic Bethlehem River Tours

Monocacy Creek near Historic Bethlehem River Tours

Stream4.6 mi
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About this river

Monocacy Creek is a 4.6 mile stream near Historic Bethlehem River Tours in Pennsylvania. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Monocacy Creek at Bethlehem, PA (site 01452500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1949 to 2026

Monocacy Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 68 cfs, and lowest in September, at 33 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 2,290 cfs, in 2004.

Typical flow by month at Monocacy Creek at Bethlehem, PA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)Relative level
January4728 to 77
February5434 to 81
March6846 to 95
April6343 to 93
May5236 to 77
June4633 to 64
July4231 to 55
August3728 to 52
September3325 to 48
October3426 to 50
November3625 to 58
December4628 to 77

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 78 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Monocacy Creek at Bethlehem, PA (site 01452500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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