Wissahickon Creek at Mouth, Philadelphia, PA
Wissahickon Creek PA USGS
Wissahickon Creek at Mouth, Philadelphia, PA (01474000) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Wissahickon 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. 49 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01474000
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- PA
- Coordinates
- 40.0153, -75.2068
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyWissahickon Creek at Mouth, Philadelphia, PA has 49 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Atlantic Sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus), Hickory Shad (Alosa mediocris), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), White Catfish (Ameiurus catus), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), and 44 others.
- Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus
- Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Freshwater Drum Aplodinotus grunniens
- Atlantic Menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- Quillback Carpiodes cyprinus
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- American Gizzard Shad Dorosoma cepedianum
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Northern Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus
- Greengill Sunfish Lepomis macrochirus × cyanellus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Atlantic Silverside Menidia menidia
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- White Perch Morone americana
- White × Striped Bass Morone chrysops × saxatilis
- Striped Bass Morone saxatilis
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
- Fathead Minnow Pimephales promelas
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- 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
- 49 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Nov 5, 2024 – Jul 11, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records