Schuylkill River at Reading Water Level & Fishing Conditions

Schuylkill River at Reading, PA · USGS 01471510 · Pennsylvania · 40.3354, -75.9368

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Flow is 574 cfs — near typical for this date (typical median: 829 cfs).

Source: USGS station 01471510 · observed Nov 15, 3:15 PM UTC · page generated Nov 15, 11:50 PM UTC. USGS real-time data are provisional and may be revised.

About This Gauge

USGS 01471510 is a public stream gauge on Schuylkill River in Pennsylvania. Waderly uses this page as the canonical landing page for flow, water level, and fishing-condition checks on this water. There are 8 nearby gauges linked from this page for watershed context.

How Schuylkill River Runs Through the Year

Across 62 years of USGS daily records, Schuylkill River here runs highest in March (typically about 2,050 cfs) and lowest in September (about 510 cfs). High water comes with spring rain and thaw, then the stream drops through summer; the peak month carries about 4 times the flow of September.

Typical flow is the average of the USGS daily median for each day of the month at this gauge.

Schuylkill River Flood and Flow Records

The highest flow USGS has recorded at this gauge is 80,000 cfs, on September 2, 1850. The highest water level on record is 23.75 ft, on June 28, 2006. Annual peak records here run from 1757 to 2025.

Gauges Along Schuylkill River

USGS runs 11 gauges on Schuylkill River, listed here from upstream to downstream. This gauge measures runoff from 880 square miles of watershed.

1. Schuylkill River ab Mill Creek at Port Carbon, PA · drains 27 sq mi
2. Schuylkill River at Landingville, PA · drains 133 sq mi
3. Schuylkill River at Berne, PA · drains 355 sq mi
4. Schuylkill River at Reading, PA · this gauge · drains 880 sq mi
5. Schuylkill River at Pottstown, PA · drains 1,147 sq mi
6. Schuylkill River at Vincent Dam at Linfield, PA · drains 1,189 sq mi
7. Schuylkill River at Norristown, PA · drains 1,760 sq mi
8. Schuylkill River at Conshohocken, PA · drains 1,790 sq mi
9. Schuylkill River at Manayunk, Philadelphia, PA · drains 1,820 sq mi
10. Schuylkill River near 30th St at Philadelphia, PA · drains 1,890 sq mi
11. Schuylkill River at Philadelphia, PA · drains 1,893 sq mi

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Waderly combines real-time USGS stream gauges with weather, barometric pressure trends, and solunar activity so you know what the water is doing before you go. The "typical" comparison above is an approximation based on the historical daily median flow for this date at this gauge.

Nearby Gauges

• Tulpehocken Creek near Reading, PA · 3.2 mi
• Tulpehocken Cr at Blue Marsh Damsite near Reading · 5.3 mi
• Blue Marsh Lake near Bernville, PA · 5.9 mi
• Maiden Creek at Berkley, PA · 6.4 mi
• Manatawny Creek near Spangsville, PA · 10.3 mi
• Furnace Creek at Robesonia, PA · 10.9 mi
• Maiden Creek at Virginville, PA · 12.7 mi
• Little Conestoga Creek, Site 3A, near Morgantown · 13.1 mi

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