Middle Branch White Clay Creek near West Grove,PA
Middle Branch White Clay Creek PA USGS
Middle Branch White Clay Creek near West Grove,PA (01478185) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Middle Branch White Clay 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. 22 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01478185
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- PA
- Coordinates
- 39.8326, -75.8451
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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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Banded Killifish No season data
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Bluegill No season data
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Brown Trout No season data
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Central Stoneroller No season data
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Common Shiner 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 Blacknose Dace No season data
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Fallfish No season data
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Largemouth Bass No season data
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Mummichog 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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Rainbow Trout No season data
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Redbreast Sunfish No season data
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River Chub No season data
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Rosyside Dace No season data
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Smallmouth Bass No season data
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Spottail Shiner No season data
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Swallowtail Shiner 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 nearbyMiddle Branch White Clay Creek near West Grove,PA has 22 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), Northern Snakehead (Channa argus), Rosyside Dace (Clinostomus funduloides), Northern Tessellated Darter (Etheostoma olmstedi), and 17 others.
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Northern Snakehead). 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
- 22 species
- from 60 individual records
- Observed
- Jun 14, 2017 – Jul 4, 2026
- 60 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 60 records