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Northkill Creek, Pennsylvania
10.8 mapped river miles, draining 18 square miles, in the Schuylkill River basin watershed. No gauge stands in it; the nearest is 5.6 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 5.6 miles away, at Tulpehocken Creek Near Bernville, Pa — not a reading of this water, but of what the region is doing today.
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 8.1–0.1 | 8.0 | cold | — |
| RM 0.1–0.0 | 0.4 | warm | — |
PA DEP has classified 8.4 of the 11.1 miles NHD carries for this stream — 76% of it. The typed water splits 8.0 mi cold, 0.4 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
- Northkill Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to Northkill Creek — access, parking and public land
- Northkill Creek fishing regulations — season, size and gear by reach
PA DEP classification
PA DEP classifies this water as Cold Water Fishes 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 Cold Water Fishes, 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
4 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 20,244 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| State Game Land 110 | another state agency | 10,321 |
| Sgl 110 | state fish and wildlife agency | 9,871 |
| Kissling's Field | county land | 19 |
| Jefferson Park | city land | 33 |
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
3 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- Little Northkill Creek 8.2 mi · RM 0.6
- Wolf Creek 7.2 mi · RM 4.9
- Mollhead Creek 3.0 mi · RM 5.9
Northkill Creek sits in HUC 8 02040203, the Schuylkill River basin, and drains 18 square miles, Strahler order 3 at the mouth. 19 NHD reaches carry the name for 11.1 miles in total — more than the 10.8 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.