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West Branch Conococheague Creek, Pennsylvania
21 mapped river miles, draining 54 square miles, in the Conococheague Opequon basin watershed. No gauge stands in it; the nearest is 38.3 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 38.3 miles away, at Swift Run At Brickcrafter Rd Nr New Oxford, 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 21.3–6.0 | 39.7 | cold | — |
| RM 6.0–0.0 | 21.3 | cool | — |
PA DEP has classified 61.0 of the 61 miles NHD carries for this stream — 100% of it. The typed water splits 39.7 mi cold, 21.3 mi 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
- West Branch Conococheague Creek fishing report — what it reads right now
- West Branch Conococheague 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.
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
7 named streams meet this one. Confluence miles are above the mouth; the longest twelve are listed.
- Buck Run 9.2 mi · RM 0.0
- Broad Run 8.2 mi · RM 6.3
- Township Run 3.4 mi · RM 9.1
- Pump Run 2.3 mi · RM 10.7
- McKeldey Run 1.8 mi · RM 11.3
- Bricker Run 1.5 mi · RM 12.5
- Stephanies Run 0.8 mi · RM 19.2
West Branch Conococheague Creek sits in HUC 8 02070004, the Conococheague Opequon basin, and drains 54 square miles, Strahler order 4 at the mouth. 233 NHD reaches carry the name for 61.2 miles in total — more than the 21.3 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.