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Conemaugh River Watershed, Pennsylvania

2,794 miles of mapped stream across 1,373 square miles of drainage in Indiana, Somerset, Cambria, Westmoreland counties, in 184 named streams. Pennsylvania designates 978 of those miles as trout water, on 171 streams. The 4 mainstem gauges with a July record read between 74.1 and 78.0°F in July.

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Public land — where the bank is open to walk and fish

USGS gauge — live water temperature

Water temperature — the colour of every stream in the basin

50°F and colder is cold, through cold-transitional and cool, to warm above 70°F — the same four bands the app paints. On this map the colour is PA DEP's own classification of the stream, not a measurement, except at the gauge dots, which read live. Grey is water PA DEP has not typed.

The watershed in numbers

HUC8 05010007 in the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset. Every figure below adds up the river pages in this basin — same records, one basin at a time.

2,794 mi

of mapped stream

7,487 NHD reaches

1,373 sq mi

drainage area

878,490 acres

74.1–78.0°F

July water temperature at the gauges

4 mainstem gauges, mean 76.0°F

0 ac

public land

10 units

Cold, cool and warm water

Pennsylvania publishes no thermal class. What PA DEP publishes is a Chapter 93 designated use — Cold Water Fishes, Trout Stocking, Warm Water Fishes and the rest — which names the fishery a stream is protected for. It is the closest any agency here comes to a temperature without being one, and docs/pa-thermal-fit.md is where the distinction is measured rather than asserted. It covers 95% of this basin's stream miles (2653.5 of 2,794); the rest is untyped and is drawn grey on the map above.

Cold 2248.4 mi (85%)
Cool 268.4 mi (10%)
Warm 136.7 mi (5%)

2248.4 of the 2653.5 typed miles in this basin — 85% — are cold or cold-transitional water. The dominant class is cold.

Every named stream in the basin

All 184 of them, longest first. 14 have a page of their own and are linked; the rest are in the app. The class column is PA DEP's designation of that stream. "Now" is the live USGS reading where a gauge stands in that stream.

Stream	Miles	Class	Now	Designation
Conemaugh River	54.0	Warm	—	—
Stonycreek River	50.3	Warm	—	Cold Water Fishes, Trout Stocking
Laurel Run	37.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Blacklick Creek	35.0	Cool	—	Trout Stocking
Little Conemaugh River	31.7	Warm	—	Cold Water Fishes
Two Lick Creek	29.3	Cool	—	Cold Water Fishes, Trout Stocking
Yellow Creek	26.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes, Trout Stocking
Quemahoning Creek	22.3	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
South Branch Blacklick Creek	20.5	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
North Branch Blacklick Creek	20.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
South Fork Little Conemaugh River	17.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Beaverdam Run	17.4	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Roaring Run	15.3	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Clear Shade Creek	13.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Stewart Run	13.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Tubmill Creek	13.6	Cool	—	Trout Stocking
Little Yellow Creek	12.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Aultmans Run	12.5	Cool	—	Trout Stocking
Paint Creek	12.4	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes, Trout Stocking
Beaverdam Creek	12.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
South Fork Bens Creek	11.8	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Hinckston Run	11.8	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
North Branch Little Conemaugh River	11.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Spruce Run	11.2	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Hendricks Creek	10.8	Cool	—	Trout Stocking
McGee Run	10.5	Cool	—	Cold Water Fishes, Trout Stocking
Dutch Run	10.0	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
North Branch Quemahoning Creek	9.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Shade Creek	9.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Trout Run	9.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Cherry Run	9.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Elk Creek	9.2	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Wells Creek	9.0	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Coal Run	8.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes, Trout Stocking
Mardis Run	8.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Brush Creek	8.8	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Bens Creek	8.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Howells Run	8.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Miller Run	8.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes, Trout Stocking
Dixon Run	8.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Roaring Fork	7.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Ramsey Run	7.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Sandy Run	7.8	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Little Paint Creek	7.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Muddy Run	7.3	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Stony Run	7.3	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Buck Run	6.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
North Branch Two Lick Creek	6.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Mill Creek	6.3	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Snyders Run	6.1	Cool	—	Trout Stocking
Piney Run	6.0	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Shannon Run	6.0	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Otto Run	5.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Twomile Run	5.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Williams Run	5.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
North Fork Bens Creek	5.5	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
South Branch Two Lick Creek	5.4	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Saltlick Run	5.2	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Stoney Run	5.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Findley Run	5.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Higgins Run	5.0	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Dark Shade Creek	4.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Solomon Run	4.8	Warm	—	—
Penn Run	4.8	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Little Dark Shade Creek	4.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Noels Creek	4.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Bakers Run	4.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Baldwin Creek	4.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Toms Run	4.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Reeds Run	4.7	Cool	—	Trout Stocking
Sams Run	4.6	Warm	—	—
Sulphur Creek	4.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Dalton Run	4.5	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Bear Rock Run	4.5	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Clapboard Run	4.5	Warm	—	—
Hypocrite Creek	4.5	Cool	—	Trout Stocking
Hill Creek	4.4	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Big Spring Run	4.3	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
South Fork Beaverdam Creek	4.2	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Clarke Run	4.2	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Seese Run	4.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
California Run	4.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Saint Clair Run	4.0	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Elders Run	4.0	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Glades Creek	3.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Oven Run	3.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Babcock Creek	3.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Carney Run	3.8	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
McCarthy Run	3.8	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
East Branch Richards Run	3.8	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Pickings Run	3.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Schrock Run	3.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Little Elk Creek	3.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Stevens Run	3.5	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Downey Run	3.5	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Rose Run	3.5	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Little Brush Creek	3.5	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Poplar Run	3.5	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Sugar Run	3.5	untyped	—	—
Kane Run	3.4	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Rummel Run	3.4	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Tearing Run	3.3	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Lick Run	3.3	untyped	—	—
Shirey Run	3.3	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Boone Run	3.2	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Falls Run	3.2	Warm	—	—
Crooked Run	3.2	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Boatyard Run	3.2	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Card Machine Run	3.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Cub Run	3.1	untyped	—	—
Reitz Creek	3.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Fallen Timber Run	3.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Burgoon Run	3.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Gillhouser Run	3.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Weirs Run	3.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Freeman Run	3.1	Cool	—	Trout Stocking
North Branch South Fork Bens Creek	3.0	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Coalpit Run	3.0	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Beam Run	2.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Spring Run	2.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Whitaker Run	2.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Sides Run	2.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Harbridge Run	2.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Lamberts Run	2.8	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Allwine Creek	2.8	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Big Cedar Run	2.8	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Teakettle Run	2.8	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Clear Run	2.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Grove Run	2.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Weaver Run	2.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Riffle Run	2.7	untyped	—	—
Elk Run	2.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Shingle Run	2.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Mud Run	2.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Ferrier Run	2.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Greys Run	2.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
West Branch Richards Run	2.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Panther Run	2.5	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Little Mill Creek	2.5	untyped	—	—
Red Run	2.5	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Flat Run	2.4	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Little Saltlick Run	2.4	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Strayer Run	2.4	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Gray Run	2.4	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Peggys Run	2.3	Warm	—	—
South Branch Brush Creek	2.3	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Wildcat Run	2.3	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Neal Run	2.3	Cool	—	Trout Stocking
Repine Run	2.2	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Spruce Hollow Run	2.2	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Hinson Run	2.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Kaufman Run	2.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Wolf Run	2.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Leonard Run	2.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Allen Run	2.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Shuman Run	2.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Aulds Run	2.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Sanders Run	2.0	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Pompey Run	2.0	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Bracken Run	2.0	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Whites Run	1.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Simmons Run	1.8	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Clark Run	1.8	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Richards Run	1.8	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Hoffman Run	1.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Pine Run	1.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Rachel Run	1.7	untyped	—	—
Bear Run	1.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Browns Run	1.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Marsh Run	1.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
O'Connor Run	1.6	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Horner Run	1.5	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Calendars Run	1.5	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Bottle Run	1.4	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Birch Run	1.4	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Custer Run	1.4	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Risinger Run	1.4	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Walker Run	1.3	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Rhoads Creek	1.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Rock Run	1.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Hillside Run	1.1	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Cheney Run	1.0	Warm	—	—
Gum Run	0.9	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes
Dry Run	0.7	Cold	—	Cold Water Fishes

Public land in the watershed

0 acres in 10 units. Private inholdings carried in the same source file are excluded, here and on the map.

Managing agency	Acres	Share	Units
PGC	0	0%	10

The biggest named blocks of it, each with its own page — the streams on that ground, what is open to hunt on it, and where the access sites are.

Neighbouring watersheds

The subbasins that share a boundary with this one and carry coldwater streams.