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East Branch Briar Creek, Pennsylvania
9.9 mapped river miles, draining 15 square miles, in the Upper Susquehanna Lackawanna basin watershed. No gauge stands in it; the nearest is 13.2 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 19.8 miles away, at Susquehanna River At Danville, Pa — not a reading of this water, but of what the region is doing today. A closer gauge has stopped reporting — its water-temperature series is empty, and was last stamped 7 May 2025, so no number here comes from it.
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 9.9–0.0 | 9.9 | cold | — |
PA DEP has classified 9.9 of the 9.9 miles NHD carries for this stream — 100% of it. Every typed reach carries the same class, cold. 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 Briar Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to East Branch Briar Creek — access, parking and public land
- East Branch Briar Creek fishing regulations — season, size and gear by reach
PA DEP classification
PA DEP classifies this water as Cold Water Fishes. The management tier on those reaches is Cold Water Fishes. This is a designation of the fishery, not the season and creel rules — those change yearly and live with the agency.
Access
1 mapped PA DEP access site within a quarter mile of the water, upstream first: Briar Creek (RM 4.1). 0 walk-in, 1 boat or canoe launches.
Public land on the river
1 unit of public or open-access land touches this river, 174 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Briar Creek Lake (Composite) | another state agency | 174 |
Species
PA DEP designates this as trout water — Cold Water Fishes — without naming the species. No fish survey or stocking record for this water is in the files this site reads.
Tributaries and watershed
2 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- Briar Creek 7.4 mi · RM 0.0
- Glen Brook 4.9 mi · RM 2.3
East Branch Briar Creek sits in HUC 8 02050107, the Upper Susquehanna Lackawanna basin, and drains 15 square miles, Strahler order 3 at the mouth. 12 NHD reaches carry the name for 9.9 miles in total.
Other water nearby
The closest 6 rivers on this site, straight-line from the middle of this one — not drive time.