Valley Creek at PA Turnpike Br near Valley Forge
Valley Creek PA USGS
Valley Creek at PA Turnpike Br near Valley Forge (01473169) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Valley 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. 43 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01473169
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- PA
- Coordinates
- 40.0793, -75.4607
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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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Allegheny Pearl Dace No season data
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Amur Carp No season data
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Banded Killifish No season data
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Black Crappie No season data
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Bluegill No season data
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Bluntnose Minnow No season data
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Brown Trout No season data
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Channel Catfish No season data
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Common Shiner No season data
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Common Sunfishes 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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Eastern Banded Killifish No season data
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Eastern Blacknose Dace No season data
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European Carp No season data
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Fallfish No season data
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Fathead Minnow No season data
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Flathead Catfish No season data
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Goldfish No season data
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Green Sunfish 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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Longnose Dace No season data
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Margined Madtom No season data
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Muskellunge No season data
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Northern Hog Sucker No season data
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Northern Snakehead 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 × Bluegill No season data
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Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish No season data
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Redbreast Sunfish No season data
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Redbreast Sunfish × Bluegill No season data
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Rock Bass No season data
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Slimy Sculpin No season data
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Smallmouth Bass No season data
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Southern Mummichog No season data
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Spottail Shiner No season data
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Walleye No season data
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Western Mosquitofish No season data
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White Sucker 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 nearbyValley Creek at PA Turnpike Br near Valley Forge has 43 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Goldfish (Carassius auratus), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), Northern Snakehead (Channa argus), and 38 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- Slimy Sculpin Cottus cognatus
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- Muskellunge Esox masquinongy
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Southern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Redbreast Sunfish × Bluegill Lepomis auritus × macrochirus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Green Sunfish Lepomis gibbosus × cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Allegheny Pearl Dace Margariscus margarita
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
3 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, Northern Snakehead, European Carp). 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
- 43 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 28, 2024 – Jul 19, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records
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