Oil Creek at Rouseville, PA

Venango County, Pennsylvania · USGS 03020500

Latest observation

What this gauge represents: This gauge measures conditions on Oil Creek at its USGS monitoring location in Venango 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 typicalHigh

Streamflow is currently 138 ft³/s, 73% above the historical median for this date. Flow has fallen 12 CFS over the past 24 hours.

USGS-reported historical daily median for 09-27: 80 ft³/s · Based on USGS day-of-year statistics

How trends & context are calculated →
NOAA flood-stage status:Below action stage
Current 2.4 ft · Flood stage 11 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 AM121 CFS
Aug 29, 2026, 12:00 AM96.3 CFS
Aug 30, 2026, 12:00 AM86 CFS
Aug 31, 2026, 12:00 AM101 CFS
Sep 1, 2026, 12:00 AM204 CFS
Sep 2, 2026, 12:00 AM923 CFS
Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 AM4,280 CFS
Sep 4, 2026, 12:00 AM4,040 CFS
Sep 5, 2026, 12:00 AM1,260 CFS
Sep 6, 2026, 12:00 AM574 CFS
Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM361 CFS
Sep 8, 2026, 12:00 AM265 CFS
Sep 9, 2026, 12:00 AM233 CFS
Sep 10, 2026, 12:00 AM949 CFS
Sep 11, 2026, 12:00 AM519 CFS
Sep 12, 2026, 12:00 AM303 CFS
Sep 13, 2026, 12:00 AM305 CFS
Sep 14, 2026, 12:00 AM679 CFS
Sep 15, 2026, 12:00 AM345 CFS
Sep 16, 2026, 12:00 AM379 CFS
Sep 17, 2026, 12:00 AM1,010 CFS
Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 AM697 CFS
Sep 19, 2026, 12:00 AM414 CFS
Sep 20, 2026, 12:00 AM308 CFS
Sep 21, 2026, 12:00 AM263 CFS
Sep 22, 2026, 12:00 AM228 CFS
Sep 23, 2026, 12:00 AM202 CFS
Sep 24, 2026, 12:00 AM175 CFS
Sep 25, 2026, 12:00 AM158 CFS
STATION DETAILS

About this gauge

Site type: Stream
County: Venango County
Drainage area: 283 mi²
Current measurements: 2
DATA SOURCE

Official USGS station

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LIVE RIVER CONDITIONS
Oil Creek at Rouseville, PAUSGS 03020500
STREAMFLOW138 ft³/s
GAUGE HEIGHT2.37 ft