Schuylkill River at Philadelphia, PA
Schuylkill River PA USGS
Schuylkill River at Philadelphia, PA (01474500) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Schuylkill River 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. 51 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01474500
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- PA
- Coordinates
- 39.9678, -75.1885
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbySchuylkill River at Philadelphia, PA has 51 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), American Shad (Alosa sapidissima), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), White Catfish (Ameiurus catus), and 46 others.
- Atlantic Sturgeon Acipenser oxyrinchus
- Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris
- American Shad Alosa sapidissima
- 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
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Southern Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus heteroclitus
- Western Mosquitofish Gambusia affinis
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Blue Catfish Ictalurus furcatus
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Northern Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus
- 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
- Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Walleye Sander vitreus
- 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
- 51 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Oct 26, 2024 – Jul 11, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records