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Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania
17.7 mapped river miles, draining 153 square miles, in the Schuylkill 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 the Schuylkill River. 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 17.7–0.0 | 28.5 | cold | — |
| RM 0.0–0.0 | 1.3 | warm | — |
| RM 0.0–0.0 | 3.9 | cold | — |
| RM 0.0–0.0 | 69.7 | warm | — |
| RM 0.0–0.0 | 2.5 | cold | — |
| RM 0.0–0.0 | 24.5 | warm | — |
PA DEP has classified 130.4 of the 143 miles NHD carries for this stream — 91% of it. The typed water splits 95.5 mi warm, 34.9 mi 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
- Schuylkill River fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to the Schuylkill River — access, parking and public land
- Schuylkill River 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, 30 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| New Philadelphia Boro Recreation Area | city land | 14 |
| Cumbola Recreation Park | city land | 6 |
| John L. Miller Playground | city land | 8 |
| Middleport Playground | city land | 2 |
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
7 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- Mill Creek 51.0 mi · RM 5.5
- West Branch Schuylkill River 13.6 mi · RM 0.0
- Tumbling Run 6.7 mi · RM 3.1
- Silver Creek 4.6 mi · RM 9.3
- Big Creek 3.9 mi · RM 14.1
- Swampy Creek 1.2 mi · RM 11.6
- Mine Hollow Run 0.9 mi · RM 9.9
Schuylkill River sits in HUC 8 02040203, the Schuylkill River basin, and drains 153 square miles, Strahler order 5 at the mouth. 269 NHD reaches carry the name for 143.3 miles in total — more than the 17.7 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.