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Live gauges, honest reads

Every gauge number on this page is pulled live from USGS when you open it — and stamped with the time that gauge took the reading. If a gauge has gone dark, the page says so and shows the last real reading labeled as such. Nothing stale is ever dressed up as live.

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Deer Creek — Allegheny County

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Deer Creek has no gauge of its own — the read above is the Pine Creek at Etna gauge (USGS 03049807), its labeled proxy. That station reports height only; its flow record ended years ago, so we show the live height instead of an invented flow number.

Access: construction work north of the hole has silted the hole in and muddied the creek below it — real damage, still unfixed. Fall stocking ran on the PFBC schedule; fish presence remains unconfirmed by our own count.

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Pine Creek — Allegheny County

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USGS 03049807, Pine Creek at Etna — this creek’s own gauge, near the mouth. It reports height only (the flow record was discontinued), so the live height is the read.

Season note: fall-stocked on the PFBC schedule. When it runs low, work the deeper slots, the shade, and first light.

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Coverage Water

Erie tributaries — live

The gauges the Erie guides are read by, pulled live at page load. The small east-side tribs have no gauges of their own — their rows show the Walnut gauge signal they’re actually read by, labeled as such. Verdicts come from the same flow bands used inside each creek’s Deep Dive guide.

WaterLive read (USGS)VerdictGuide
Walnut Creek Loading live gauge…USGS 04213152 — Walnut’s own gauge … Deep Dive — $12.99
Elk Creek Loading live gauge…Brandy Run proxy gauge (USGS 04213075) — the read Elk is fished by … Deep Dive — $12.99
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Conneaut Creek Loading live gauge…USGS 04213000 — Conneaut’s own gauge … Deep Dive — $12.99
Twenty Mile Creek Loading live gauge…No gauge of its own — read off the Walnut Creek gauge (USGS 04213152) … Deep Dive — $12.99
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Sixteen Mile Creek Loading live gauge…No gauge of its own — read off the Walnut Creek gauge (USGS 04213152) … Deep Dive — $12.99
Twelve Mile Creek Loading live gauge…No gauge of its own — read off the Walnut Creek gauge (USGS 04213152) … Deep Dive — $12.99
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Crooked Creek Loading live gauge…No gauge of its own — read off the Walnut Creek gauge (USGS 04213152) … Deep Dive — $12.99
Trout Run & Avonia Loading live gauge…Creek flow read off the Walnut Creek gauge (USGS 04213152); the Avonia cam below shows the surf … Deep Dive — $12.99
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Raccoon Creek Loading live gauge…No gauge of its own — read off the Conneaut Creek gauge (USGS 04213000) … Deep Dive — $12.99
Presque Isle No live gauge — bay and lake water.Wind and chop: the Lampe Marina cam below is the read. — Deep Dive — $12.99
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Lake Erie — The Trenches No creek gauge — open-lake water.Lake conditions via the Lampe Marina cam below. — Deep Dive — $12.99

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Access notes: the Beckman Road bridge on Elk Creek is closed into 2028, and a sunrise-to-sunset rule covers the Walnut stretch from Rt. 5 to Manchester Road — check the stream pages before you go.

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LIVE · LOADS FRESH ON EVERY VISITWeather & Radar — Erie Tribs

Live forecast for the Erie tributaries (centered on Walnut Creek) — current sky, today, tomorrow and the 3-day outlook, plus the live radar loop.

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LIVE RADAR — CENTERED ON THE ERIE TRIBS

Forecast: Open-Meteo, live at page load · Radar: RainViewer / NOAA NEXRAD.

Live Cams — FishUSA

Eyes on the water

Three verified live cameras, courtesy of FishUSA. Avonia is the tell — when steelhead stage at the Trout Run mouth, that beach fills at first light.

Avonia Beach at the mouth of Trout Run

Avonia Beach — Trout Run Mouth

Surf, plume color, and the dawn lineup at the only cam that shows a tributary mouth.

Walnut Creek Access

Walnut Creek Access

The Manchester Hole crowd and creek color at the most fished access on the tribs.

Lampe Marina, Erie harbor

Lampe Marina — Erie Harbor

Lake conditions at the harbor — wind, chop, and whether the lake is fishable.

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Keystoned Steel is a trade name of JS Power LLC. Payments are processed through JS Power LLC — your card statement will show JS Power LLC.

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