About this river
Bush Kill is a 5.9 mile stream near Mike Salamon Guide Service in Pennsylvania. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Little Bush Kill at Edgemere, PA (site 01439590). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 4. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
2006 to 2025
Bush Kill typically runs highest in March, at a median 16 cfs, and lowest in September, at 2.4 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 287 cfs, in 2011.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13 | 8.3 to 22 | |
| February | 10 | 7.0 to 18 | |
| March | 16 | 11 to 25 | |
| April | 14 | 8.4 to 25 | |
| May | 12 | 7.3 to 22 | |
| June | 5.3 | 2.9 to 12 | |
| July | 4.0 | 1.2 to 9.9 | |
| August | 3.6 | 1.0 to 12 | |
| September | 2.4 | 0.5 to 11 | |
| October | 6.0 | 2.1 to 15 | |
| November | 11 | 5.5 to 19 | |
| December | 14 | 8.0 to 26 |
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 20 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Little Bush Kill at Edgemere, PA (site 01439590). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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