About this river
Turtle Creek is an 8.9 mile river near Saltsburg Kayak & Canoe Outfitters in Pennsylvania. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Turtle Creek at Wilmerding, PA (site 03084698). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2004 to 2026
Turtle Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 196 cfs, and lowest in September, at 59 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 6,050 cfs, in 2005.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 150 | 90 to 265 | |
| February | 187 | 118 to 265 | |
| March | 196 | 115 to 290 | |
| April | 176 | 131 to 235 | |
| May | 154 | 113 to 260 | |
| June | 109 | 75 to 173 | |
| July | 100 | 58 to 167 | |
| August | 74 | 44 to 137 | |
| September | 59 | 39 to 110 | |
| October | 60 | 45 to 113 | |
| November | 69 | 50 to 150 | |
| December | 146 | 63 to 245 |
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 12 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Turtle Creek at Wilmerding, PA (site 03084698). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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