Red Clay Creek near Kennett Square, PA
Red Clay Creek PA USGS
Red Clay Creek near Kennett Square, PA (01479820) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Red 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
- 01479820
- Agency
- USGS
- State
- PA
- Coordinates
- 39.8168, -75.6916
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Fish recorded near this station
Community observations nearbyRed Clay Creek near Kennett Square, 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: Rock Bass (Ambloplites rupestris), White Catfish (Ameiurus catus), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), and 29 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- White Catfish Ameiurus catus
- Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Goldfish Carassius auratus non-native
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Rosyside Dace Clinostomus funduloides
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Amur Carp Cyprinus rubrofuscus
- Blue-Spotted Sunfish Enneacanthus gloriosus
- Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Mummichog Fundulus heteroclitus
- Eastern Mosquitofish Gambusia holbrooki
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
- Warmouth Lepomis gulosus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Northern Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Swallowtail Shiner Miniellus procne
- 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
2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Goldfish, 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 19, 2022 – Jun 13, 2026
- 200 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 200 records