West Branch Brandywine Creek at Modena, PA

West Branch Brandywine Creek PA USGS

West Branch Brandywine Creek at Modena, PA (01480617) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the West Branch Brandywine 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. 27 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.

USGS site number: 01480617
Agency: USGS
State: PA
Coordinates: 39.9618, -75.8013

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Fish recorded near this station

Community observations nearby

West Branch Brandywine Creek at Modena, PA has 27 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), Bullheads (Ameiurus), Yellow Bullhead (Ameiurus natalis), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 22 others.

Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
Bullheads Ameiurus
Yellow Bullhead Ameiurus natalis
American Eel Anguilla rostrata
White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
Northern Snakehead Channa argus non-native
Grass Carp Ctenopharyngodon idella non-native
Northern Tessellated Darter Etheostoma olmstedi
Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
Pumpkinseed Lepomis gibbosus
Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
White Perch Morone americana
Golden Shiner Notemigonus crysoleucas
Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
Rainbow Trout Oncorhynchus mykiss
Yellow Perch Perca flavescens
White Crappie Pomoxis annularis
Black Crappie Pomoxis nigromaculatus
Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
Brown Trout Salmo trutta
Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
Fallfish Semotilus corporalis

2 species above are flagged non-native or potentially invasive (Northern Snakehead, Grass 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: 27 species; from 99 individual records
Observed: Apr 17, 2016 – Jun 27, 2026; 99 dated records

Sources

iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 99 records