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West Branch Clarion River, Pennsylvania
13.8 mapped river miles, draining 27 square miles, in the Clarion 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 West Branch Clarion 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 13.8–0.0 | 22.6 | cold | — |
PA DEP has classified 22.6 of the 23 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
- West Branch Clarion River fishing report — what it reads right now
- How to get to the West Branch Clarion River — access, parking and public land
- West Branch Clarion River 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
2 units of public or open-access land touch this river, 28 acres in total. Acreage is the whole unit, not the part beside the water.
| Unit | Owner | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Jones Township Community Park | city land | 19 |
| Stafford Road Community Park | city land | 8 |
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
6 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- Rocky Run 12.6 mi · RM 2.7
- Wilson Run 9.2 mi · RM 0.0
- Buck Run 6.5 mi · RM 5.5
- Windfall Run 4.3 mi · RM 7.9
- Sicily Run 3.8 mi · RM 6.0
- Nearing Run 1.9 mi · RM 1.7
West Branch Clarion River sits in HUC 8 05010005, the Clarion River basin, and drains 27 square miles, Strahler order 4 at the mouth. 53 NHD reaches carry the name for 22.6 miles in total — more than the 13.8 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.