Oil Creek at Rouseville
Highest listed crest 11.97 ftFlood stage 11.0 ft5 crests since 1948
The Oil Creek at Rouseville crested above flood stage 4 times among the 5 crests the National Weather Service lists from 1948 to 2004. The highest, 11.97 ft on January 22, 1959, was minor flooding, 0.97 feet above flood stage.
The gauge
- Highest listed crest
- 11.97 ft
- January 22, 1959; 21,000 cubic feet per second
- Flood stage
- 11.0 ft
- Major flooding from 15.0 ft
- Crests at major
- 0
- 4 above flood stage
- Most recent flood crest
- September 9, 2004
- 11.51 ft, minor flooding
Flood stages
The thresholds the National Weather Service uses for this gauge today, and how many listed crests reached each.
| Flood stage (minor) | 11.0 | 4 | Sep 9, 2004 |
| Moderate flood stage | 13.0 | 0 | — |
| Major flood stage | 15.0 | 0 | — |
Every listed crest
5 crests from 1948 to 2004. Filled: at or above flood stage. Hover a crest for its date and stage.
Crests at or above flood stage, by decade
- These are the crests the local National Weather Service office lists for the gauge: the highest on record and recent crests. Lesser floods between them may be missing, so counts by decade are a floor.
- Categories use today's flood stages. Levees, dams and channel changes since a crest can make old and new stages not directly comparable.
Highest crests
| 1 | Jan 22, 1959 | 11.97 | +0.97 | Minor |
| 2 | Oct 16, 1954 | 11.55 | +0.55 | Minor |
| 3 | Sep 9, 2004 | 11.51 | +0.51 | Minor |
| 4 | Mar 22, 1948 | 11.29 | +0.29 | Minor |
| 5 | Sep 18, 2004 | 9.66 | −1.34 | Below flood stage |
Other gauges in Venango County
| Franklin | 26.00 ft, Feb 27, 1917 | 3 |
Venango County: every hazard · River floods across the country · Pennsylvania
NOAA National Water Prediction Service, gauge ROSP1, retrieved October 30, 2026. Stages in feet on the gauge's own datum, not elevation. Crests are as the National Weather Service lists them; preliminary values may be revised.