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Little Lehigh Creek, Pennsylvania
14.0 mapped river miles, draining 51 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
This gauge stands in Little Lehigh 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 14.0–0.0 | 26.4 | cold | — |
PA DEP has classified 26.4 of the 26 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
- Little Lehigh Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to Little Lehigh Creek — access, parking and public land
- Little Lehigh 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
16 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 1,882 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Little Lehigh Creek | city land | 96 |
| Little Lehigh Creek Flood Plain-Miscellaneous Open | county land | 87 |
| Wild Cherry Knoll Open Space | city land | 41 |
| Ancient Oak West Park | county land | 29 |
| Winding Brook Lower Park | county land | 13 |
| Winding Brook Manor Recreation Area | county land | 5 |
| Lower Macungie Township Community Park | city land | 93 |
| Bridal Path West Recreation Area | city land | 17 |
| Municipal Land | city land | 1,223 |
| Berks County Land | city land | 210 |
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
4 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- Swabia Creek 7.8 mi · RM 0.3
- Toad Creek 5.9 mi · RM 8.3
- Spring Creek 4.5 mi · RM 5.6
- Glen Run 1.5 mi · RM 11.9
Little Lehigh Creek sits in HUC 8 02040106, the Lehigh River basin, and drains 51 square miles, Strahler order 4 at the mouth. 30 NHD reaches carry the name for 26.4 miles in total — more than the 14.0 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.