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Cowanshannock Creek, Pennsylvania
12.5 mapped river miles, draining 44 square miles, in the Middle Allegheny Redbank basin watershed. No gauge stands in it; the nearest is 10.9 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 10.9 miles away, at Crooked Creek At Idaho, 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 12.5–0.0 | 12.5 | warm | — |
| RM 0.0–0.0 | 3.2 | cool | — |
| RM 0.0–0.0 | 0.5 | warm | — |
| RM 0.0–0.0 | 9.4 | cool | — |
| RM 0.0–0.0 | 0.5 | warm | — |
| RM 0.0–0.0 | 1.6 | cool | — |
PA DEP has classified 27.7 of the 28 miles NHD carries for this stream — 100% of it. The typed water splits 14.2 mi cool, 13.5 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
- Cowanshannock Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to Cowanshannock Creek — access, parking and public land
- Cowanshannock 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
1 unit of public or open-access land touches this river, 46 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| West Shamokin High School | city land | 46 |
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
3 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- South Branch Cowanshannock Creek 6.0 mi · RM 6.4
- Spruce Run 3.2 mi · RM 8.5
- Craigs Run 2.4 mi · RM 3.8
Cowanshannock Creek sits in HUC 8 05010006, the Middle Allegheny Redbank basin, and drains 44 square miles, Strahler order 4 at the mouth. 82 NHD reaches carry the name for 27.7 miles in total — more than the 12.5 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.