Clarion River near Cooksburg, PA

The last 7 days and the forecast

NWS forecast issued Sun, Sep 13, 3:36 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.

Flood stages

What floods at each level

From the National Weather Service, highest first.

• 19 ftPost office floods, and was the estimated flood stage during the Saint Patrick's Day Flood of 1936.
• 18.84 ftFlood waters reach the levels that were reached during Hurricane Agnes in 1972.
• 18.69 ftFlood waters reach the levels that were reached during the flood of May 2014.
• 18.5 ftThe post office parking lot floods. Water reached an areas about 10 feet up hill from the intersection of Cemetery Road and River Road.
• 18 ftSeveral feet of water in the lower end of the Cook State Forest office parking lot.
• 17 ftThe basement of the Cook Forest State Park office starts flooding.
• 14 ftAbout 1 foot of water covers River Road near the Cook Forest State Park office.
• 13 ftMacbeth Cabins flood and water reaches River Road near the State Park office

Highest crests on record

1. 19 ft — March 17, 1936
2. 18.84 ft — June 23, 1972
3. 18.69 ft — May 22, 2014
4. 17.6 ft — March 6, 1979
5. 17.4 ft — January 26, 1978

Recent crests: 13.6 ft (April 12, 2024) · 13.12 ft (February 18, 2022) · 15.17 ft (June 21, 2019) · 18.69 ft (May 22, 2014) · 14.03 ft (March 6, 2011)

Up and down the river, and nearby

• UpstreamClarion River at Ridgway, PA
• DownstreamClarion River at Piney Dam Tailwater, PA
• Red Bank Creek at Brookville, PA
• Tionesta Creek at Tionesta Dam Tailwater, PA
• Allegheny River at West Hickory, PA
• Tionesta Creek near Lynch, PA
• Red Bank Creek at St Charles, PA
• Sandy Lick Creek at Dubois, PA