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Marsh Creek in Pennsylvania

Stream8.5 mi
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Around Marsh Creek

Foster Joseph Sayers Dam3.9 mi2 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

Marsh Creek is an 8.5 mile stream. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Marsh Creek at Blanchard, PA (site 01547700). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.

Typical flow by month

1956 to 2026

Marsh Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 89 cfs, and lowest in September, at 5.3 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,480 cfs, in 2004.

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Typical flow by month at Marsh Creek at Blanchard, PA, in cfs
MonthTypical (cfs)Usual range (cfs)
January3517 to 73
February4222 to 88
March8954 to 152
April7448 to 123
May5127 to 95
June1811 to 38
July8.44.1 to 19
August5.92.7 to 16
September5.32.5 to 14
October7.94.1 to 21
November238.3 to 53
December4219 to 88

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 71 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Marsh Creek at Blanchard, PA (site 01547700). 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 Marsh Creek, all of them public access. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.

  • Hunter Run WestBald Eagle Creek - Foster Joseph Sayers LakePublic
  • Hunter Run EastBald Eagle Creek - Foster Joseph Sayers LakePublic

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