About this river
Leggetts Creek is a 3.1 mile stream near Sterling Marina in Pennsylvania. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Lackawanna R bl Leggetts Creek at Scranton, PA (site 01534860). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2009 to 2026
Leggetts Creek typically runs highest in April, at a median 372 cfs, and lowest in September, at 76 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,280 cfs, in 2011.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 214 | 141 to 354 | |
| February | 195 | 112 to 305 | |
| March | 347 | 201 to 544 | |
| April | 372 | 234 to 576 | |
| May | 302 | 226 to 493 | |
| June | 157 | 119 to 265 | |
| July | 128 | 78 to 190 | |
| August | 102 | 63 to 218 | |
| September | 76 | 35 to 204 | |
| October | 87 | 40 to 221 | |
| November | 156 | 98 to 259 | |
| December | 254 | 171 to 399 |
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 18 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Lackawanna R bl Leggetts Creek at Scranton, PA (site 01534860). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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