Crooked Creek at Crooked Creek Dam near Ford City

Armstrong County, Pennsylvania · USGS 03039000

Latest observation

What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Crooked Creek at its USGS monitoring location in Armstrong County; conditions elsewhere on the waterway may differ.

How to read these numbers
Streamflow (ft³/s or CFS)

How much water moves past the gauge each second. Higher numbers mean more water is moving downstream.

Gauge height (ft)

The water-surface height at this gauge. It is useful for tracking rises, falls and flood thresholds, but it is not the river's total depth.

24-hour change

How much the latest reading has risen or fallen compared with roughly 24 hours earlier.

Historical median

The typical streamflow for this date based on USGS historical statistics. A multiple such as 3× means current flow is about three times the historical median.

River Pulse

Get Water Data's plain-language summary of current flow, historical context and recent direction.

NOAA flood stage

Official action and flood thresholds where available. These levels are specific to each gauge location.

Gauge height and flood stage are station-specific. A 12-foot reading at one gauge should not be directly compared with 12 feet at another.

RIVER PULSE

Above historical median · Falling

Flow vs typicalVery high

Streamflow is currently 460 ft³/s, 9.0× the historical median for this date. Flow has fallen 280 CFS over the past 24 hours.

USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 51 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics

How trends & context are calculated →
NOAA flood-stage status:Below action stage
Current 2.3 ft · Flood stage 5.7 ft
RECENT STREAMFLOW

Streamflow trend

Daily mean streamflow · Aug 28–Sep 25 · dates shown in UTC · 29 observations

Look at the data (29 rows)
Displayed USGS daily mean streamflow observations
Date (UTC)Daily mean
Aug 28, 2026, 12:00 AM1,230 CFS
Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM823 CFS
Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM359 CFS
Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM146 CFS
Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM115 CFS
Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM115 CFS
Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM117 CFS
Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM118 CFS
Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM202 CFS
Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM246 CFS
Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM243 CFS
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM241 CFS
Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM158 CFS
Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM115 CFS
Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM115 CFS
Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM115 CFS
Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM130 CFS
Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM724 CFS
Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM1,480 CFS
Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM1,590 CFS
Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM1,580 CFS
Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM1,240 CFS
Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM1,050 CFS
Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM650 CFS
Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM389 CFS
Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM355 CFS
Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM629 CFS
Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM759 CFS
Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM750 CFS
STATION DETAILS

About this gauge

Site type: Stream
County: Armstrong County
Drainage area: 278 mi²
Current measurements: 3
DATA SOURCE

Official USGS station

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LIVE RIVER CONDITIONS
Crooked Creek at Crooked Creek Dam near Ford CityUSGS 03039000
STREAMFLOW460 ft³/s
GAUGE HEIGHT2.31 ft