Buffalo Creek at Iron Bridge, PA

USGS Site No: 03048900 • Buffalo Creek • Armstrong County, PA

Buffalo Creek at Iron Bridge, PA on the Buffalo Creek is currently at 144 cfs (Very High — 95th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 4.27 ft.

Reading from

144
CFS Discharge
4.27
Gage Height (ft)
Very High
Flow Condition
N/A
Flood Status

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for October 28 at this station. Percentile rank shows what fraction of historical years had lower flow on this date.

Percentile Label CFS Threshold Today's Flow
10th Very Low threshold 9
25th Low threshold 13
50th (Median) Normal (median) 33
75th High threshold 142
95th Very High threshold 0

30-Day Hydrograph

Recent discharge plotted against the historical 10th–95th percentile envelope for the same calendar days. Source: USGS daily values + long-term statistics.

797 399 0 cfs Apr 5 May 28
10th–95th historical Day-of-year median Recent discharge

30-Day Flow History

Date Discharge (CFS) Gage Ht (ft)
May 28, 2026 195 —
May 27, 2026 264 —
May 26, 2026 390 —
May 25, 2026 685 —
May 24, 2026 176 —
May 23, 2026 199 —
May 22, 2026 79 —
May 21, 2026 92 —
May 20, 2026 101 —
May 19, 2026 112 —
May 18, 2026 130 —
May 17, 2026 158 —
May 16, 2026 171 —
May 15, 2026 207 —
Apr 21, 2026 131 —
Apr 20, 2026 153 —
Apr 19, 2026 195 —
Apr 18, 2026 127 —
Apr 17, 2026 145 —
Apr 16, 2026 129 —
Apr 14, 2026 146 —
Apr 13, 2026 160 —
Apr 12, 2026 182 —
Apr 11, 2026 243 —
Apr 10, 2026 233 —
Apr 9, 2026 280 —
Apr 8, 2026 355 —
Apr 7, 2026 461 —
Apr 6, 2026 552 —
Apr 5, 2026 738 —

Station Information

USGS Site No
03048900
State
PA
Coordinates
40.7345, -79.6781
Drainage Area
125 mi²
Datum (ft)
820.1
HUC Code
05010009
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Recent Extremes

Max discharge
1,700 cfs
May 5, 2025
Min discharge
8 cfs
Sep 3, 2025

Computed from the local daily-values archive.

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