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Swatara Creek near Hershey, PA

Swatara Creek PA USGS

Swatara Creek near Hershey, PA (01573560) is a real-time streamflow monitoring station on the Swatara 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. 21 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.

USGS site number
01573560
Agency
USGS
State
PA
Coordinates
40.2984, -76.6677

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Fish recorded near this station

Sampled at this station's reach

Swatara Creek near Hershey, PA has documented fish occurrence data from USGS Presence/Absence sampling at this monitoring station's reach (COMID 4709260). The dataset includes 21 species with recorded observations.

Species include: rock bass (Ambloplites rupestris), brown bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), white sucker (Catostomus commersonii), spotfin shiner (Cyprinella spiloptera), northern hog sucker (Hypentelium nigricans), and 16 others.

Where these records come from

Evidence
Sampled at this station's reach
Fish were sampled directly on the river reach this gauge sits on, so these species were recorded at this spot rather than inferred.
Records
21 species
from 21 individual records
Observed
Aug 31, 1998 – Aug 31, 1998
21 dated records

Sources