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Frankstown Branch Juniata River, Pennsylvania
20 mapped river miles, draining 127 square miles, in the Upper Juniata basin watershed.
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.
Thermal classification
There is no USGS gauge within 40 miles of this stream in the record this site holds, so there is no live temperature on this page and no measured July mean. Everything below the bar is PA DEP's own classification of the water.
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 20.4–20.4 | 0.3 | warm | — |
| RM 20.4–20.0 | 0.4 | cool | — |
| RM 20.4–20.4 | 1.2 | warm | — |
| RM 20.4–20.4 | 0.2 | cool | — |
| RM 20.4–20.4 | 18.5 | warm | — |
| RM 20.4–5.9 | 20.6 | cool | — |
| RM 4.1–0.0 | 5.8 | warm | — |
PA DEP has classified 47.0 of the 49 miles NHD carries for this stream — 97% of it. The typed water splits 25.8 mi warm, 21.2 mi cool. 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
- Frankstown Branch Juniata River fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to the Frankstown Branch Juniata River — access, parking and public land
- Frankstown Branch Juniata River 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
5 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 6,315 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| State Game Land 118 | another state agency | 6,164 |
| Lower Trail | city land | 42 |
| Recreation Drive Park | city land | 37 |
| Riverside Park | county land | 7 |
| Lower Trail | land trust or conservancy | 65 |
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
7 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- Clover Creek 24.8 mi · RM 15.7
- Piney Creek 13.7 mi · RM 20.4
- Robinson Run 9.4 mi · RM 2.1
- Roaring Run 4.5 mi · RM 11.4
- Yellow Spring Run 4.1 mi · RM 11.5
- Schmucker Run 2.9 mi · RM 15.4
- Fox Run 2.5 mi · RM 9.4
Frankstown Branch Juniata River sits in HUC 8 02050302, the Upper Juniata basin, and drains 127 square miles, Strahler order 5 at the mouth. 96 NHD reaches carry the name for 48.6 miles in total — more than the 20.4 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.