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Loyalhanna Creek in Pennsylvania

River44.0 mi
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Around Loyalhanna Creek

Bush Recreation Area1.7 miLoyalhanna Lake3 mi5 mi

Data Source: Recreation.gov · Source: USGS GNIS · Public land: USGS PAD-US · Forest roads: USDA Forest Service MVUM · BLM routes and areas: Bureau of Land Management (simplified for web display)

About this river

Loyalhanna Creek is a 44.0 mile river. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Loyalhanna Creek at Kingston, PA (site 03045000). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1940 to 2026

Loyalhanna Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 424 cfs, and lowest in September, at 32 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 14,200 cfs, in 1972.

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Typical flow by month at Loyalhanna Creek at Kingston, PA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January250140 to 445
February293160 to 566
March424272 to 711
April358227 to 585
May256148 to 428
June11768 to 235
July5929 to 133
August3821 to 83
September3214 to 75
October3818 to 94
November12259 to 240
December225130 to 441

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 87 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Loyalhanna Creek at Kingston, PA (site 03045000). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.

Boat access nearby

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

  • Keystone State Park LakeKeystone LakePublic
  • Bush Recreational AreaLoyalhanna LakePublic
  • Bow RidgeConemaugh RiverPublic

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