About this river
Piney Creek is a 6.6 mile river near RiverRiders Rentals in Pennsylvania. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Clarion River near Piney, PA (site 03030500). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1948 to 2026
Piney Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 2,520 cfs, and lowest in September, at 450 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 51,600 cfs, in 1972.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1,510 | 764 to 2,670 | |
| February | 1,510 | 808 to 2,800 | |
| March | 2,520 | 1,640 to 4,020 | |
| April | 2,495 | 1,735 to 3,755 | |
| May | 1,760 | 1,050 to 2,890 | |
| June | 922 | 541 to 1,595 | |
| July | 615 | 367 to 1,130 | |
| August | 504 | 311 to 819 | |
| September | 450 | 229 to 818 | |
| October | 537 | 278 to 1,070 | |
| November | 1,050 | 444 to 1,945 | |
| December | 1,770 | 932 to 2,890 |
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 Clarion River near Piney, PA (site 03030500). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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