West Branch White Clay Creek near Chesterville, PA
West Branch White Clay Creek PA USGS
West Branch White Clay Creek near Chesterville, PA (01478220) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the West 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. 34 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01478220
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- PA
- Coordinates
- 39.7657, -75.7960
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyWest Branch White Clay Creek near Chesterville, PA has 34 fish species documented via iNaturalist research-grade observations within 10 km. These community-sourced records indicate fish presence in the vicinity.
Species include: Hickory Shad (Alosa mediocris), Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 29 others.
- Hickory Shad Alosa mediocris
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- Blue Ridge Sculpin Cottus caeruleomentum
- Satinfin Shiner Cyprinella analostana
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Eastern Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus diaphanus
- Spottail Shiner Hudsonius hudsonius
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Common Sunfishes Lepomis
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Pumpkinseed × Bluegill Lepomis gibbosus × macrochirus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Common × Rosyface Shiner Luxilus cornutus × Notropis rubellus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- River Chub Nocomis micropogon
- Rosyface Shiner Notropis rubellus
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
- Fallfish Semotilus corporalis
One species above is flagged non-native or potentially invasive (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
- 34 species
- from 200 individual records
- Observed
- Apr 7, 2023 – Jul 15, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records