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Conewago Creek, Pennsylvania
22 mapped river miles, draining 16 square miles, in the Lower Susquehanna Swatara basin watershed. A USGS gauge stands in it, but its record is too short for a measured July mean, so what this page knows about its temperature is today's reading and 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
This gauge stands in Conewago Creek. Its record is too short for a July mean, so the class below is PA DEP's — but the reading is this water.
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 22.1–0.0 | 23.8 | cool | — |
| RM 0.0–0.0 | 1.2 | warm | — |
PA DEP has classified 25.0 of the 25 miles NHD carries for this stream — 100% of it. The typed water splits 23.8 mi cool, 1.2 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
- Conewago Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to Conewago Creek — access, parking and public land
- Conewago 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
4 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 3,255 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| State Game Land 145 | another state agency | 2,988 |
| Conewago Creek Nature Preserve | land trust or conservancy | 151 |
| Donegal Highlands Nature Preserve | land trust or conservancy | 113 |
| Lawn Community Park | city land | 3 |
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
5 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- Hoffer Creek 5.3 mi · RM 10.0
- Brills Run 4.3 mi · RM 7.4
- Little Conewago Creek 3.9 mi · RM 14.2
- Lynch Run 2.8 mi · RM 5.5
- Gallagher Run 2.6 mi · RM 9.7
Conewago Creek sits in HUC 8 02050305, the Lower Susquehanna Swatara basin, and drains 16 square miles, Strahler order 4 at the mouth. 61 NHD reaches carry the name for 25.0 miles in total — more than the 22.1 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.