Swiftwater Creek at Swiftwater, PA
Swiftwater Creek PA USGS
Swiftwater Creek at Swiftwater, PA (01440485) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Swiftwater Creek in PA, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its streamflow and alerts anglers the moment flow and temperature hit their fishing window. 24 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01440485
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- PA
- Coordinates
- 41.0939, -75.3221
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Fishing regulations
PA state-wide default defaultDefault area rules for fish in the public records above. A grey row means the release has no canonical regulation match for that species.
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American Eel Open · Harvest allowed within limits Jan 1 – Dec 31 Details
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 25
- Size rule
- 9 inches
Official rule · retrieved Aug 2, 2026
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Black Crappie No season data
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Blue-Spotted Sunfish No season data
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Bluegill No season data
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Brook Trout No season data
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Brown Bullhead No season data
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Brown Trout No season data
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Chain Pickerel No season data
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Channel Catfish No season data
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Creek Chub No season data
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Cutlip Minnow No season data
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Fallfish No season data
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Golden Shiner No season data
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Goldfish No season data
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Greengill Sunfish No season data
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Largemouth Bass No season data
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Northern Tessellated Darter No season data
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Pumpkinseed No season data
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Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish No season data
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Rainbow Trout No season data
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Redbreast Sunfish No season data
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Salvelinus fontinalis fontinalis No season data
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Yellow Bullhead No season data
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Yellow Perch No season data
General area restrictions
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Period not confirmed
- Daily limit
- 5
- Limit details
- 7 inches
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Daily limit
- 3
- Limit details
- 7 inches
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Jan 1 – Dec 31
- Limit details
- NO HARVEST
Effective Jan 1, 2026 – Sep 14, 2027 · evaluated for 2026-09-11 in America/New_York
Regulations shown are for reference only and may not reflect in-season changes. Always verify current regulations with the Pennsylvania Fishing Summary before fishing.
Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbySwiftwater Creek at Swiftwater, PA has 24 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Goldfish (Carassius auratus), Blue-spotted Sunfish (Enneacanthus gloriosus), and 19 others.
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- Blue-Spotted Sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus
- Chain Pickerel Esox niger
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus × cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Salvelinus fontinalis fontinalis
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish). Records show what has been observed near this station, not what is native to the watershed.
Where these records come from
- Evidence
- Community observations nearby
- Research-grade community observations (iNaturalist) recorded near this station, not a formal survey.
- Records
- 24 species
- from 173 individual records
- Observed
- Aug 14, 2014 – Jun 21, 2026
- 173 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 173 records