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Mahoning Creek in Pennsylvania

River61.7 mi

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Around Mahoning Creek

Milton Loop Campground10.1 miMahoning Creek Lake13 mi10 mi

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

About this river

Mahoning Creek is a 61.7 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Mahoning Creek at Mahoning Creek Dam, PA (site 03036000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1941 to 2026

Mahoning Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 840 cfs, and lowest in September, at 87 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 8,390 cfs, in 1964.

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Typical flow by month at Mahoning Creek at Mahoning Creek Dam, PA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January471254 to 1,010
February523288 to 1,240
March840506 to 1,520
April698467 to 1,260
May491282 to 867
June256155 to 501
July13873 to 278
August9662 to 203
September8749 to 191
October15065 to 293
November266161 to 500
December483268 to 1,060

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 67 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Mahoning Creek at Mahoning Creek Dam, PA (site 03036000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

2 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of Mahoning Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

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