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Swamp Creek, Pennsylvania
18.3 mapped river miles, draining 45 square miles, in the Schuylkill River basin watershed. No gauge stands in it; the nearest is 8.5 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 8.5 miles away, at Manatawny Creek Near Spangsville, 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 18.3–15.0 | 3.3 | cold | — |
| RM 13.6–0.0 | 14.3 | cool | — |
PA DEP has classified 17.6 of the 19.1 miles NHD carries for this stream — 92% of it. The typed water splits 14.3 mi cool, 3.3 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
- Swamp Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to Swamp Creek — access, parking and public land
- Swamp Creek fishing regulations — season, size and gear by reach
PA DEP classification
PA DEP classifies this water as Cold Water Fishes and Trout Stocking. 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, Trout Stocking. 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
9 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 4,235 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Sunrise Mill | city land | 226 |
| Sunrise Mill | county land | 225 |
| Municipal Land | city land | 3,529 |
| Arthureeta Mcpc | local holder not recorded | 40 |
| Hickory Park | county land | 21 |
| Swamp Creek Park | county land | 34 |
| Bob Wayland Memorial Park | city land | 92 |
| Bechtelsville Recreation Park | city land | 9 |
| Open Space | city land | 61 |
Species
PA DEP designates this as trout water — Cold Water Fishes, 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
5 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- Minister Creek 5.9 mi · RM 5.8
- Scioto Creek 5.1 mi · RM 1.1
- Middle Creek 5.1 mi · RM 9.2
- Schlegel Run 4.3 mi · RM 8.9
- Goshenhoppen Creek 3.8 mi · RM 0.1
Swamp Creek sits in HUC 8 02040203, the Schuylkill River basin, and drains 45 square miles, Strahler order 4 at the mouth. 54 NHD reaches carry the name for 19.1 miles in total — more than the 18.3 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.