Buffalo Creek at Iron Bridge, PA

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

Buffalo Creek at Iron Bridge, PA on the Buffalo Creek is currently at 144 cfs (Normal — 68th percentile for this date) . Gage height: 4.27 ft.

Reading from

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

Historical Percentile Comparison

Today's discharge compared to the long-term record for June 11 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 16
25th Low threshold 32
50th (Median) Normal (median) 60
75th High threshold 178 Today: 144 cfs
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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