About this river
Bush Kill is an 18.7 mile stream near Kayak East LLC in Pennsylvania. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Bush Kill at Shoemakers, PA (site 01439500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1909 to 2026
Bush Kill typically runs highest in March, at a median 364 cfs, and lowest in September, at 42 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 11,800 cfs, in 1955.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 197 | 125 to 337 | |
| February | 205 | 133 to 323 | |
| March | 364 | 225 to 553 | |
| April | 345 | 228 to 518 | |
| May | 244 | 165 to 374 | |
| June | 140 | 88 to 241 | |
| July | 70 | 39 to 135 | |
| August | 49 | 26 to 110 | |
| September | 42 | 19 to 105 | |
| October | 64 | 26 to 154 | |
| November | 139 | 61 to 294 | |
| December | 207 | 119 to 358 |
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 118 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Bush Kill at Shoemakers, PA (site 01439500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
One mapped launch sits in the mapped area of Bush Kill. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
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