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Valley Creek, Pennsylvania
8.6 mapped river miles, draining 21 square miles, in the Brandywine Christina basin watershed. No gauge stands in it; the nearest is 3.1 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 3.1 miles away, at East Branch Brandywine Creek Below Downingtown, 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 8.6–0.0 | 11.0 | cold | — |
PA DEP has classified 11.0 of the 11.0 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
- Valley Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to Valley Creek — access, parking and public land
- Valley 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
6 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 1,089 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Paradise Valley | local holder not recorded | 41 |
| Paradise Valley Nature Area | city land | 33 |
| Exton Park | county land | 730 |
| West Whiteland Open Space | city land | 38 |
| Starr Farm Park | city land | 231 |
| Brandywine Conservancy Easement #027 | local holder not recorded | 16 |
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
1 named stream meets this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
Valley Creek sits in HUC 8 02040205, the Brandywine Christina basin, and drains 21 square miles, Strahler order 4 at the mouth. 37 NHD reaches carry the name for 11.0 miles in total — more than the 8.6 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.