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Upper Susquehanna-Lackawanna Watershed, Pennsylvania

2,869 miles of mapped stream across 1,766 square miles of drainage in Luzerne, Columbia, Lackawanna, Schuylkill, Northumberland, Montour, Sullivan, Susquehanna counties, in 264 named streams. Pennsylvania designates 1,339 of those miles as trout water, on 248 streams. The 2 mainstem gauges with a July record read between 79.8 and 80.2°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 02050107 in the USGS Watershed Boundary Dataset. Every figure below adds up the river pages in this basin — same records, one basin at a time.

2,869 mi
of mapped stream
7,731 NHD reaches
1,766 sq mi
drainage area
1,129,966 acres
79.8–80.2°F
July water temperature at the gauges
2 mainstem gauges, mean 80.0°F
0 ac
public land
17 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 94% of this basin's stream miles (2708.0 of 2,869); the rest is untyped and is drawn grey on the map above.

2419.0 of the 2708.0 typed miles in this basin — 89% — are cold or cold-transitional water. The dominant class is cold.

Every named stream in the basin

All 264 of them, longest first. 15 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
Susquehanna River 78.0 Warm — —
Catawissa Creek 45.3 Cool — Cold Water Fishes, Trout Stocking
Lackawanna River 45.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Nescopeck Creek 37.7 Cool — Cold Water Fishes, Trout Stocking
Fishing Creek 31.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes, Trout Stocking
Huntington Creek 30.3 Cool — Cold Water Fishes, Trout Stocking
Roaring Brook 27.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Black Creek 27.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Big Wapwallopen Creek 26.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Little Fishing Creek 25.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Mill Creek 21.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Harveys Creek 21.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Roaring Creek 21.2 Cool — Cold Water Fishes, Trout Stocking
Spring Brook 20.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Little Wapwallopen Creek 18.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
South Branch Roaring Creek 18.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Pine Creek 16.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Little Nescopeck Creek 16.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
East Branch Lackawanna River 15.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Laurel Run 14.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Green Creek 14.1 Cool — Trout Stocking
Little Catawissa Creek 12.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
West Branch Fishing Creek 12.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Abrahams Creek 12.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Toby Creek 12.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes, Trout Stocking
Tomhicken Creek 12.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Stafford Meadow Brook 11.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Mahoning Creek 11.5 Cool — Trout Stocking
Kitchen Creek 11.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
West Branch Lackawanna River 11.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Shickshinny Creek 10.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
East Branch Briar Creek 9.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Little Shickshinny Creek 9.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Scotch Run 9.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
West Creek 9.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Leggetts Creek 9.6 Cold — Cold Water Fishes, Trout Stocking
Lick Run 9.6 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Hemlock Creek 9.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Pikes Creek 9.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Solomon Creek 9.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Gardner Creek 8.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Hunlock Creek 8.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Fall Brook 8.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Raven Creek 8.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Mugser Run 8.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Balliet Run 7.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Huntsville Creek 7.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
West Branch Run 7.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Briar Creek 7.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Oley Creek 7.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Spruce Run 6.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Coles Creek 6.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Fiddle Lake Creek 6.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
White Oak Run 6.6 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Pond Creek 6.6 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Saint Johns Creek 6.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Mud Run 6.5 Cool — Trout Stocking
Beaver Run 6.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Keyser Creek 6.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Reyburn Creek 6.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Tenmile Run 6.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Sechler Run 6.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Mauses Creek 6.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Eddy Creek 5.9 Warm — —
Logan Run 5.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Stony Creek 5.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Long Run 5.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
East Branch Roaring Brook 5.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Salem Creek 5.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
East Branch Fishing Creek 5.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Rush Brook 5.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Rattlesnake Creek 5.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Phillips Creek 5.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
West Branch Briar Creek 5.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Newport Creek 5.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Arnold Creek 5.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Maple Run 5.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Hicks Creek 5.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Gravel Run 5.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Little Pine Creek 5.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Elk Run 5.1 untyped — —
Aylesworth Creek 5.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Little Roaring Brook 5.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Green Run 5.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
East Fork Harveys Creek 5.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Walker Run 5.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Heberly Run 5.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Creasy Creek 4.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Glen Brook 4.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Panther Creek 4.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Sterry Creek 4.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Painter Run 4.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Marsh Creek 4.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Little Green Creek 4.7 Cool — Trout Stocking
Grassy Island Creek 4.6 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Nanticoke Creek 4.6 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Kase Run 4.6 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Bow Creek 4.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Cranberry Creek 4.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Little Roaring Creek 4.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Hull Creek 4.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Stony Brook 4.4 untyped — —
Crooked Run 4.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Shingle Run 4.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Dark Run 4.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Watering Run 4.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Montour Run 4.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Powderly Creek 4.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Bell Creek 4.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Wilson Creek 3.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Ashs West Branch 3.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Deerlick Run 3.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Racket Brook 3.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Wildcat Creek 3.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Van Brunt Creek 3.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Lewis Run 3.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Nuangola Outlet 3.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Conety Run 3.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Big Run 3.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
East Branch Raven Creek 3.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
West Hemlock Creek 3.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Browns Creek 3.6 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
South Branch Newport Creek 3.6 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Kline Hollow Run 3.6 untyped — —
Sugarloaf Creek 3.6 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Wilson Run 3.6 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Rock Bottom Creek 3.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Trout Creek 3.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Trout Brook 3.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Painter Creek 3.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Roberts Run 3.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Trexler Run 3.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Kipps Run 3.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Sullivan Branch 3.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Raccoon Creek 3.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Lithia Springs Creek 3.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Brown Creek 3.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Fades Creek 3.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Frozen Run 3.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Kinney Run 3.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Kellum Creek 3.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Bear Brook 3.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Monument Creek 3.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Warrior Creek 3.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Paint Spring Run 3.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Falls Run 3.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Devil Hole Run 3.1 untyped — —
Fisher Run 3.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes, Trout Stocking
Sugar Notch Run 3.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Coal Creek 3.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Brace Brook 2.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Rogers Creek 2.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Wolfhouse Run 2.9 untyped — —
Little Brier Run 2.9 untyped — —
Bloody Run 2.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Langan Creek 2.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Covey Swamp Creek 2.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Frost Pocket Run 2.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Corn Run 2.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Collins Creek 2.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Three Spring Brook 2.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Blackberry Run 2.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Blizzards Run 2.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Turtle Creek 2.6 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Lick Branch 2.6 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Indian Creek 2.6 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Plank Bridge Creek 2.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Lucky Run 2.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Lindy Creek 2.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Rocky Run 2.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Furnace Run 2.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Shingle Mill Run 2.4 untyped — —
Rattling Run 2.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Klingermans Run 2.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Packers Run 2.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Clarks Creek 2.3 untyped — —
West Branch Tinklepaugh Creek 2.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Six Springs Creek 2.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Reilly Creek 2.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Barnes Run 2.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Quinn Run 2.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Johnson Creek 2.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Meredith Brook 2.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Coal Brook 2.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Emerson Run 2.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Lake Run 2.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Drakes Creek 2.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Little Black Creek 2.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Stony Run 2.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Lees Creek 2.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Price Creek 2.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Spring Run 2.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Bear Hollow Creek 2.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Spencer Run 2.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Gaskins Run 2.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Leach Creek 2.0 Cool — Trout Stocking
Pancoast Creek 2.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Meadow Brook 2.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Northbranch Newport Creek 2.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Black Ash Creek 2.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Hog Run 2.0 untyped — —
Hunkydory Creek 2.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Cranberry Run 2.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Indian Cave Creek 1.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Lidy Creek 1.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Warden Creek 1.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Reservoir Creek 1.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Mitchler Run 1.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Oxhorn Run 1.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Toby Run 1.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Rogers Brook 1.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Crooked Creek 1.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Wasp Branch 1.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Hemlock Run 1.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Chimneystack Run 1.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Summit Lake Creek 1.7 Cool — Trout Stocking
Clover Hill Creek 1.7 Cool — Trout Stocking
Shanty Run 1.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Peterman Run 1.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Little Crooked Run 1.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Trout Run 1.6 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Mine Gap Run 1.6 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Red Spring Run 1.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Deep Creek 1.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Lampblack Creek 1.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Kester Creek 1.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Brish Run 1.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Lead Run 1.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Swanks Run 1.5 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Spring Branch 1.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Kingsbury Brook 1.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Pigeon Run 1.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Rough Run 1.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Culley Run 1.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Culver Creek 1.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Bearwallow Run 1.3 untyped — —
Davis Run 1.3 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Wadham Creek 1.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Espy Run 1.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Boston Run 1.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Cross Run 1.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Cabin Run 1.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Middle Branch Newport Creek 1.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Slip Run 1.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Spies Run 1.1 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Paddy Run 1.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Meeker Run 1.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Marsh Run 1.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Little Tomhicken Creek 1.0 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Shingle Cabin Brook 0.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Ore Run 0.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Messers Run 0.9 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Callender Gap Creek 0.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
South Branch Leach Creek 0.8 untyped — —
Mountain Lake Run 0.8 Warm — —
Gallows Run 0.8 untyped — —
Ashelman Run 0.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Raups Run 0.8 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Wolffs Run 0.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Maple Spring Brook 0.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Hunts Run 0.7 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Meredith Creek 0.4 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Dry Valley Run 0.2 Cold — Cold Water Fishes
Honey Brook 0.1 untyped — —

Public land in the watershed

0 acres in 17 units. Private inholdings carried in the same source file are excluded, here and on the map.

Managing agency Acres Share Units
PGC 0 0% 17

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.