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East Branch Brandywine Creek, Pennsylvania
18.4 mapped river miles, draining 61 square miles, in the Brandywine Christina 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 East Branch Brandywine 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 18.4–2.4 | 16.0 | cool | — |
| RM 2.4–0.0 | 12.5 | warm | — |
PA DEP has classified 28.5 of the 29 miles NHD carries for this stream — 99% of it. The typed water splits 16.0 mi cool, 12.5 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
- East Branch Brandywine Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to East Branch Brandywine Creek — access, parking and public land
- East Branch Brandywine 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
21 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 6,348 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Struble Trail | county land | 173 |
| Struble Lake Recreation Area | county land | 391 |
| Struble Lake | state fish and wildlife agency | 380 |
| Struble Lake | another state agency | 380 |
| Chester County Water Resources Authority | city land | 177 |
| Marsh Creek State Park | state park agency | 1,830 |
| Marsh Creek State Park | another state agency | 1,815 |
| Hannnum Woods | city land | 17 |
| Brandywine Creek Preserve | city land | 52 |
| Howson Park | city land | 16 |
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.
- Beaver Creek 12.5 mi · RM 0.0
- Marsh Creek 9.3 mi · RM 3.5
- Indian Run 6.5 mi · RM 8.3
- Culbertson Run 4.4 mi · RM 5.5
- Shamona Creek 3.9 mi · RM 2.4
East Branch Brandywine Creek sits in HUC 8 02040205, the Brandywine Christina basin, and drains 61 square miles, Strahler order 4 at the mouth. 77 NHD reaches carry the name for 28.8 miles in total — more than the 18.4 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.