Berks County, Pennsylvania

17 river gauges reading now, shown against their usual but not yet judged.

Official Warnings

No official warning is in effect here right now.

• Maiden Creek Near Virginville, PA: flow 48.1 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 31 min ago
• Maiden Creek At Berkley, PA: flow 140 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 31 min ago
• Tulpehocken Creek Near Bernville, PA: flow 62.4 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 31 min ago
• Tulpehocken Creek Near Reading, PA: flow 212 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 31 min ago
• Manatawny Creek Near Spangsville, PA: flow 27.8 ft³/s · within the usual October monthly average for this gauge · U.S. Geological Survey · 31 min ago

River levels are shown against their usual, but not yet judged. A gauge’s usual here is its range of October monthly averages; the reading is the latest 15-minute value, which a passing rain or dry spell can carry outside that range. So no river gauge makes this county Unusual For Here until we compare each day with the same day’s history.

A gauge’s usual is its range of October monthly averages over its record (USGS).

• USGS daily mean streamflow and gage height - Pennsylvania: 16 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 11 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

2 sources answered; nothing recent here.

3 sources answered; nothing recent here.

Coming Up

No meeting is on an agenda we read for the next seven days.

2 reports in the last 24 hours, none published as an event.

• Man City, Liverpool win shootouts in English League Cup as Fleetwood discovers next opponent · The Philadelphia Inquirer · 17 h ago
• Meet the underdog soccer team from a seaside town in England that just pulled off an epic upset · The Philadelphia Inquirer · 20 h ago

3 entries from openFDA drug enforcement reports (recalls), newest first (FDA) for this county, in its latest read.

• openFDA drug enforcement reports (recalls), newest first: 3 entries for this county · FDA · read 1 h ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

20 entries from USGS latest streamflow and gage height - Pennsylvania (U.S. Geological Survey) for this county, in its latest read.

• USGS latest streamflow and gage height - Pennsylvania: 20 entries for this county · U.S. Geological Survey · read 14 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

12390: 32 customers out, within the usual daily peak in October for this county.

• 12390: 32 customers out · within the usual daily peak in October for this county · U.S. Department of Energy / Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ODIN) · 16 min ago
• FirstEnergy Pennsylvania: 32 customers out · within the usual daily peak in October for this county · FirstEnergy Pennsylvania · 16 min ago

• FirstEnergy Pennsylvania outage map (Kubra Storm Center): 1 entry for this county · FirstEnergy Pennsylvania · read 16 min ago
• U.S. Department of Energy / Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ODIN) outage map (utility-built): 1 entry for this county · U.S. Department of Energy / Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ODIN) · read 16 min ago

Entries are what each state or utility feed lists for this county: incidents, closures or outage areas. We count them; we do not reproduce them.

No source here for this.

Matters Now

• Rail accidents and crossings (FRA)
  Grade-crossing collision, Norfolk Southern Railway Company, T 504/BRICKPLANT ROA, 2026-07-01: 1 person killed. Reported by FRA with the July 2026 data. Federal Railroad Administration

Quiet

• Gasoline prices (EIA): No weekly move of 10 cents or more · U.S. Energy Information Administration · read Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT

Background

• Gasoline prices (EIA)
  Regular gasoline, Central Atlantic (PADD 1B), week of 2026-10-19: $4.312 a gallon, down 4 cents from the week before. U.S. Energy Information Administration
• Employment and wages (QCEW)
  Q1 2026: 172,669 jobs (174,622 a year earlier); $1,299 average weekly wage ($1,279 a year earlier). BLS (QCEW)

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. FRA posts about three months after an accident, so its lines are reported, not breaking. Last read: BLS (QCEW) Oct 12, 9:25 AM EDT; U.S. Energy Information Administration Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT; Federal Railroad Administration Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT.

Quiet

• Non-native species (USGS NAS): No new non-native species alert here in the last 30 days · USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) · read Oct 12, 8:04 PM EDT
• Bird flu in wild birds (APHIS): No detection in wild birds here in the last 30 days · USDA APHIS · read Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT
• Introduced species (iNaturalist): No introduced species newly recorded here · iNaturalist · read 49 min ago

Background

• Introduced species (iNaturalist)
  17 research-grade observations of introduced species here in the last 30 days. iNaturalist

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Unusual is this county against its own history, never against other counties. Bird flu detections are reported in our words with a link to USDA APHIS; its records are not reproduced. iNaturalist observations are shown only under CC0 or CC-BY, with the observer credited; others are counted. Observations with an obscured location are never placed on a county. Last read: USGS Nonindigenous Aquatic Species (NAS) Oct 12, 8:04 PM EDT; iNaturalist Oct 29, 11:56 AM EDT; USDA APHIS Oct 26, 9:27 AM EDT.

Quiet

• Historic places in harm’s way: No listed place here inside an active wildfire perimeter, warning area or flood zone · National Weather Service · read 11 min ago
• National Register nominations (Federal Register): No nomination here under review · National Park Service (Federal Register) · read 2 h ago
• National Register listings (NPS): No listing or removal here in the last 30 days · National Park Service · read Oct 12, 9:25 AM EDT

Background

• National Register listings (NPS)
  80 properties on the National Register in this county. National Park Service

Each line is the source's own fields, linked to the source. Sites whose location is restricted are never shown. A place inside a hazard area is our overlay of open maps, as of the hazard’s own time; it says nothing of damage. Last read: National Park Service Oct 12, 9:25 AM EDT; National Park Service (Federal Register) Oct 29, 10:00 AM EDT; National Weather Service Oct 29, 12:35 PM EDT.