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Chester Creek, Pennsylvania
19.4 mapped river miles, draining 23 square miles, in the Lower Delaware basin watershed. No gauge stands in it; the nearest is 6.9 miles away, and what this page knows about its temperature is PA DEP's classification of the water itself.
50°F and colder is cold, through cold-transitional and cool, to warm above 70°F — the same four bands, breaking at 58, 64 and 70°F, that the app paints. Grey is water nobody has measured.
The nearest live reading
The nearest gauge is 6.9 miles away, at Brandywine Creek At Chadds Ford, Pa — not a reading of this water, but of what the region is doing today.
Thermal classification
PA DEP's classification of this water, reach by reach. A class, not a temperature — no July mean, because none was measured here.
| Reach | Typed miles | Band | PA DEP type |
|---|---|---|---|
| RM 19.4–15.9 | 3.5 | warm | — |
| RM 15.9–4.1 | 11.7 | cool | — |
| RM 4.1–0.0 | 7.5 | warm | — |
PA DEP has classified 22.7 of the 23 miles NHD carries for this stream — 100% of it. The typed water splits 11.7 mi cool, 11.0 mi warm. The untyped reaches are not warm water — they are water PA DEP's inventory does not reach, and the mile ranges above span only the reaches it does.
Questions about this river
- Chester Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to Chester Creek — access, parking and public land
- Chester Creek fishing regulations — season, size and gear by reach
PA DEP classification
PA DEP classifies this water as Trout Stocking and Warm Water Fishes. More than one class appears because the classification changes along the river. The thermal bar above shows where. The management tier on those reaches is Trout Stocking, Warm Water Fishes. This is a designation of the fishery, not the season and creel rules — those change yearly and live with the agency.
Public land on the river
18 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 3,696 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Municipal Land | city land | 2,193 |
| Middletown Open Space | city land | 289 |
| County Land | city land | 270 |
| Chester Creek Rail Trail | city land | 30 |
| Brookhaven Swim Club | city land | 18 |
| Pleasant Grove Open Space | city land | 21 |
| Goose Creek Park | city land | 27 |
| Goose Creek Park | joint city-county land | 26 |
| Crozer Park | county land | 40 |
| Blenheim Road Open Space | city land | 31 |
Species
PA DEP designates this as trout water — Trout Stocking — without naming the species. No fish survey or stocking record for this water is in the files this site reads.
Tributaries and watershed
8 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- West Branch Chester Creek 9.9 mi · RM 7.7
- East Branch Chester Creek 9.2 mi · RM 15.9
- Rocky Run 4.2 mi · RM 9.3
- Chrome Run 2.7 mi · RM 6.0
- Baldwin Run 2.3 mi · RM 2.5
- Waln Run 1.8 mi · RM 16.1
- Crum Run 1.7 mi · RM 5.4
- Shepard Run 0.9 mi · RM 3.1
Chester Creek sits in HUC 8 02040202, the Lower Delaware basin, and drains 23 square miles, Strahler order 4 at the mouth. 38 NHD reaches carry the name for 22.8 miles in total — more than the 19.4 miles of drawn mainstem, because NHD counts side channels and braids as their own reaches.
Other water nearby
The closest 6 rivers on this site, straight-line from the middle of this one — not drive time.