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Beech Creek in Pennsylvania

River27.2 mi
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Around Beech Creek

Foster Joseph Sayers Dam12 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Public land: USGS PAD-US

About this river

Beech Creek is a 27.2 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Beech Creek at Monument, PA (site 01547950). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1969 to 2026

Beech Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 388 cfs, and lowest in September, at 47 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 7,490 cfs, in 1972.

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Typical flow by month at Beech Creek at Monument, PA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January198117 to 355
February200122 to 355
March388246 to 606
April354259 to 561
May289181 to 448
June14497 to 251
July7546 to 151
August5933 to 102
September4726 to 108
October5531 to 136
November14869 to 293
December244142 to 401

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 58 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Beech Creek at Monument, PA (site 01547950). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

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