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Redbank Creek, Pennsylvania
19.0 mapped river miles, draining 576 square miles, in the Middle Allegheny Redbank basin watershed. No gauge stands in it; the nearest is 16.6 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 16.6 miles away, at Mahoning Creek At Punxsutawney, 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 19.0–0.0 | 56.5 | cool | — |
PA DEP has classified 56.5 of the 56 miles NHD carries for this stream — 100% of it. Every typed reach carries the same class, 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
- Redbank Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to Redbank Creek — access, parking and public land
- Redbank Creek fishing regulations — season, size and gear by reach
PA DEP classification
PA DEP classifies this water as Trout Stocking. The management tier on those reaches is Trout Stocking. 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: Summerville (RM 8.7). 1 walk-in, 0 boat or canoe launches.
Public land on the river
4 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 432 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Redbank Valley Trail | land trust or conservancy | 326 |
| Red Bank Creek | another state agency | 0 |
| Brockway To Piney Trail | land trust or conservancy | 88 |
| Sylvania Street Memorial Park | city land | 18 |
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
12 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- North Fork Redbank Creek 21.6 mi · RM 19.0
- Beaver Run 13.8 mi · RM 5.7
- Tarkiln Run 5.7 mi · RM 2.8
- Coder Run 5.2 mi · RM 16.2
- Welch Run 4.6 mi · RM 9.6
- Runaway Run 3.7 mi · RM 8.4
- Simpson Run 3.2 mi · RM 12.9
- Rattlesnake Run 3.1 mi · RM 13.8
- Patton Run 2.7 mi · RM 1.5
- Carrier Run 1.8 mi · RM 7.8
- Thompson Run 1.7 mi · RM 13.3
- Red Run 1.4 mi · RM 2.4
Redbank Creek sits in HUC 8 05010006, the Middle Allegheny Redbank basin, and drains 576 square miles, Strahler order 6 at the mouth. 96 NHD reaches carry the name for 56.5 miles in total — more than the 19.0 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.