Neshaminy Creek near Langhorne, PA
River level and flood forecast · Bucks County
Forecast to rise to 3.3 ft Mon 8 PM, below the 9 ft flood stage.
The National Weather Service has no current reading for this gauge, so its flood status isn't known right now.
Flow: 143 cubic feet per second (USGS).
The last 7 days and the forecast
NWS forecast issued Mon, Oct 12, 3:02 PM. Forecasts change as rain falls and as upstream water arrives.
Flood stages
| Major flood stage | 14 ft |
| Moderate flood stage | 12 ft |
| Flood stage | 9 ft |
| Action stage | 8 ft |
| Record crest (August 19, 1955) | 22.84 ft |
What floods at each level
From the National Weather Service, highest first.
- 14 ftResidential properties are flooded on Bridle Drive in Middletown Township. Flooding also occurs on Business US 1 in Middletown Township near Rising Sun Avenue. Flooding is also possible further downstream in the Croydon Section of Bristol Township, especially when the Delaware River tides are high.
- 13 ftPeriwinkle Avenue in Middletown Township begins to flood. Flooding in also possible further downstream in the Croyden Section of Bristol Township, especially when the Delaware River tides are high.
- 12 ftWidespread flooding occurs on Bridle Drive in Middletown Township. The road becomes impassable.
- 10.5 ftRoute 413, near Bridgetown Pike in Middletown Township, is subject to closures due to flooding.
- 9 ftFlooding begins on Bridle Drive in Middletown Township.
- 7 ftWater begins to overflow the lowest banks, on both sides of the creek, into adjacent wooded areas.
Highest crests on record
- 22.84 ft — August 19, 1955
- 21.91 ft — September 16, 1999
- 20.81 ft — September 2, 2021
- 19.56 ft — August 28, 2011
- 18.99 ft — June 30, 1973
Recent crests: 9.39 ft (August 28, 2026) · 13.91 ft (January 10, 2024) · 9.5 ft (December 28, 2023) · 13.59 ft (December 18, 2023) · 9.89 ft (December 11, 2023)
Up and down the river, and nearby
- UpstreamNeshaminy Creek near Penns Park, PA
- Pennypack Creek at Philadelphia, PA
- Frankford Creek at Philadelphia, PA
- Schuylkill River at Philadelphia, PA
- Schuylkill River near Philadelphia near 30th Street, PA
- Schuylkill River at Norristown, PA
- Cobbs Creek at Mt. Moriah Cemetery, PA
- Darby Creek at 84th Street Bridge at Eastwick, PA
Not an official source. River levels, forecasts, flood stages and impacts are from the National Weather Service (LNGP1); flow from the U.S. Geological Survey. Readings are provisional. In a flood, follow your local officials and the NWS at weather.gov.