Swatara Creek at Middletown, PA
Swatara Creek PA USGS
Swatara Creek at Middletown, PA (01573600) is a real-time river monitoring station on the Swatara Creek in PA, operated by the U.S. Geological Survey. Riverbot tracks its river conditions, including water level and keeps recent, datum-labelled water-level history for anglers. 27 fish species are associated with this station in public fish records.
- USGS site number
- 01573600
- Operated by
- U.S. Geological Survey
- State
- PA
- Coordinates
- 40.1926, -76.7279
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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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Bluntnose Minnow No season data
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Brook Trout No season data
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Brown Bullhead 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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Channel Catfish 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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European Carp No season data
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Flathead Catfish No season data
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Green Sunfish No season data
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Greenside Darter No season data
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Largemouth Bass No season data
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Longnose Dace No season data
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Margined Madtom No season data
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Northern Hog Sucker No season data
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Redbreast Sunfish No season data
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Redbreast Sunfish × Bluegill No season data
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Rock Bass No season data
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Smallmouth Bass No season data
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Spotfin Shiner No season data
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White Sucker 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 nearbySwatara Creek At Middletown, 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), Brown Bullhead (Ameiurus nebulosus), American Eel (Anguilla rostrata), Central Stoneroller (Campostoma anomalum), White Sucker (Catostomus commersonii), and 22 others.
- Rock Bass Ambloplites rupestris
- Brown Bullhead Ameiurus nebulosus
- American Eel Anguilla rostrata
- Central Stoneroller Campostoma anomalum
- White Sucker Catostomus commersonii
- Spotfin Shiner Cyprinella spiloptera
- European Carp Cyprinus carpio non-native
- Greenside Darter Etheostoma blennioides
- Cutlip Minnow Exoglossum maxillingua
- Banded Killifish Fundulus diaphanus
- Northern Hog Sucker Hypentelium nigricans
- Channel Catfish Ictalurus punctatus
- Redbreast Sunfish Lepomis auritus
- Redbreast Sunfish × Bluegill Lepomis auritus × macrochirus
- Green Sunfish Lepomis cyanellus
- Bluegill Lepomis macrochirus
- Common Shiner Luxilus cornutus
- Smallmouth Bass Micropterus dolomieu
- Largemouth Bass Micropterus nigricans
- Margined Madtom Noturus insignis
- Bluntnose Minnow Pimephales notatus
- Flathead Catfish Pylodictis olivaris
- Eastern Blacknose Dace Rhinichthys atratulus
- Longnose Dace Rhinichthys cataractae
- Brown Trout Salmo trutta
- Brook Trout Salvelinus fontinalis
- Creek Chub Semotilus atromaculatus
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
- 27 species
- from 59 individual records
- Observed
- Jul 7, 2011 – Jul 25, 2026
- 59 dated records
Sources
- iNaturalist research-grade fish observations — 59 records