About this river
Elk Creek is a 7.2 mile river near Bass Fishing Lake Erie in Pennsylvania. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge Brandy Run near Girard, PA (site 04213075). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 5. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1986 to 2026
Elk Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 7.7 cfs, and lowest in August, at 1.2 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 405 cfs, in 1987.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 5.7 | 3.5 to 9.9 | |
| February | 5.6 | 3.7 to 10 | |
| March | 7.7 | 4.9 to 13 | |
| April | 6.5 | 4.5 to 10 | |
| May | 4.0 | 2.7 to 6.4 | |
| June | 2.1 | 1.4 to 3.6 | |
| July | 1.6 | 1.1 to 2.5 | |
| August | 1.2 | 0.9 to 2.0 | |
| September | 1.3 | 1.0 to 2.2 | |
| October | 2.5 | 1.5 to 5.7 | |
| November | 4.4 | 2.5 to 8.6 | |
| December | 6.2 | 3.8 to 11 |
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 40 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for Brandy Run near Girard, PA (site 04213075). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
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