Raystown Branch Juniata River level at Huntingdon
Pennsylvania · Fishing & wading
Measured at USGS 01563200 — Rays Br Juniata R bl Rays Dam nr Huntingdon, PA · NWS forecast point RTBP1
Reading taken · as of 58 min ago
Up and off-colour — heavier water than usual for wading
At 1,450 CFS, this gauge is in the highest quarter of the 53 years USGS has recorded for this date (1973–2026), against a 209 CFS median.
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Flow history at Huntingdon
Daily values from USGS 01563200, updated every 15 to 60 minutes; NWS forecast for RTBP1 reissued through the day. Provisional.
About Raystown Branch Juniata River at Huntingdon
In Pennsylvania, below Raystown Lake. Releases can change the flow by hundreds of CFS in an hour with no rain in the basin — check it the morning you go, not the night before.
Reservoir feeding this stretch
Flow here is set by releases from Raystown Lake. A full pool usually means more water on its way down.
Raystown Branch Juniata River at Huntingdon — common questions
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How do releases from Raystown Lake affect this stretch?
Directly and fast. When the dam generates, flow here can climb by an order of magnitude within the hour, with no rain anywhere in the basin. That sudden release is the real hazard on a tailwater. The pool level is on lakelvl.com, linked below.
Is Raystown Branch Juniata River at Huntingdon high or low for this time of year?
The USGS median flow for late September here is 209 CFS, from 53 years of record (1973–2026). Today sits in the highest quarter of those years. The comparison is what makes the raw number mean anything: the same reading is a drought on one river and a flood on another.
How often does this reading update?
USGS transmits from gauge 01563200 every 15 to 60 minutes, and the National Weather Service reissues the flood forecast for RTBP1 a few times a day — more often when the river is rising. This page refreshes from both when you open it. The timestamp is in the gauge's local time.