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Leibert Creek, Pennsylvania
5.3 mapped river miles, draining 6 square miles, in the Lehigh River 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
The nearest gauge is 4.8 miles away, at Little Lehigh Creek Near Allentown, 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 17 April 2024, 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 5.3–0.0 | 5.3 | cold | — |
PA DEP has classified 5.3 of the 5.3 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
- Leibert Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to Leibert Creek — access, parking and public land
- Leibert 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.
Public land on the river
6 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 197 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Camp Olympic | county land | 98 |
| Emmaus Community Park | city land | 34 |
| Fulmer Tract | city land | 35 |
| Jasper Park | county land | 26 |
| Fulmer Tract | county land | 1 |
| Mystic Chain Park | county land | 3 |
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
1 named stream meets this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
Leibert Creek sits in HUC 8 02040106, the Lehigh River basin, and drains 6 square miles, Strahler order 2 at the mouth. 8 NHD reaches carry the name for 5.3 miles in total.
Other water nearby
The closest 6 rivers on this site, straight-line from the middle of this one — not drive time.