About this river
French Creek is a 28.6 mile river near Bass Fishing Lake Erie in Pennsylvania. Streamflow is measured at the USGS gauge French Creek near Wattsburg, PA (site 03021350). The National Hydrography Dataset places it at stream order 6. Reach geometry comes from the USGS National Hydrography Dataset.
Typical flow by month
1975 to 2026
French Creek typically runs highest in March, at a median 265 cfs, and lowest in August, at 24 cfs. The highest flow on record for any single day is 4,900 cfs, in 1996.
| Month | Typical (cfs) | Usual range (cfs) | Relative level |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 141 | 97 to 288 | |
| February | 148 | 92 to 277 | |
| March | 265 | 160 to 466 | |
| April | 225 | 136 to 381 | |
| May | 93 | 54 to 171 | |
| June | 44 | 23 to 99 | |
| July | 28 | 16 to 69 | |
| August | 24 | 14 to 57 | |
| September | 29 | 14 to 78 | |
| October | 86 | 45 to 149 | |
| November | 174 | 96 to 315 | |
| December | 203 | 135 to 358 |
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 52 years of record. Statistics published by the US Geological Survey for French Creek near Wattsburg, PA (site 03021350). Conditions on any given day can fall well outside the usual range. Check the current reading before you go.
Boat access nearby
6 mapped launches sit in the mapped area of French Creek. Ramp data comes from the USGS national boat-ramp inventory.
- SaegertownFrench CreekPublic
- Cambridge SpringsFrench CreekPublic
- Canadohta LakeCanadohta LakePublic
- Thomas Lakeside MarinaEdinboro LakeRestricted
- LakesideEdinboro LakePublic
- Lake LeBoeufLake LeBoeufPublic
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