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Oswayo Creek in Pennsylvania

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Allegheny River Campground10.9 mi5 mi

Public land: USGS PAD-US

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Oswayo Creek is a 26.9 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Oswayo Creek at Shinglehouse, PA (site 03010655). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1975 to 2025

Oswayo Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 237 cfs, and lowest in September, at 22 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 3,270 cfs, in 1989.

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Typical flow by month at Oswayo Creek at Shinglehouse, PA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January11568 to 234
February9961 to 207
March213135 to 341
April237149 to 385
May11077 to 204
June5734 to 116
July3419 to 65
August2314 to 47
September2212 to 46
October3715 to 91
November11148 to 194
December16196 to 249

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 50 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Oswayo Creek at Shinglehouse, PA (site 03010655). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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