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Susquehanna river, Pennsylvania, USA
United States, Pennsylvania, Northumberland
The Susquehanna river is an amazing shallow rocky cold water river the spans 492 miles from New York to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland. It has to branches as well the west and the north branch that link to the main branch in central Pennsylvania where I live.
There are an amazing array of freshwater species from musky, walleye, smallmouth bass to the smallest of marginal madtoms and Tesselated Darters which I have on display in the current aquarium.
The river will stay at a pretty steady flow most of the year leaving most spawning activity to slacker pools or tributaries that shoot off of the river. Generally spawning takes place in the spring when the water reaches around 60° or so depending on the species. The Susquehanna is truly an amazing river not only for game fish but just the amount of small aquatic life throughout its echo system. The different bivalves and eels that help filter the river are also a really cool biodiversity it brings.
- Submitted by
- Chris Walker
- Approved by
- Fritz Rohde & Lawrence Kent
- GPS
- 40.8329353, -76.8348770
- Geographical region
- Northern America
- Drainage Basin
- Chesapeake Bay
- River catchment
- Susquehanna river
- Water body type
- River
- Water body name
- Susquehanna river
- Water body part
- Pool
- Water body course
- Middle course
- Water body: tributary of
- River
- Tributary name
- Susquehanna river
Videos above and below water
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Water Chemistry
Water information
- Water type
- fresh-water
- Water color
- Clear water
- Water transparency
- High
- Concentration of sediments
- Medium
- Water temperature
- 70 °C
- Water flow/curent
- Strong
Chemical parameters
- pH
- 7.5
- Conductivity
- 224
- GH
- 15 mg/l
- dGH
- KH
- 7 mg/l
- dKH
- Dissolved Oxygen
- 9.2 %
Substrate in nature
- Sand
- Beige
- Pebble/Gravel
- Mixed
- Stone
- Mixed
- Stone form
- Irregular
- Silt/Mud
- Brown
- Leaves
- Few
- Driftwood
- Many
- Submerged terrestrial vegetation
- Yes
Aquatic Biotope
- Date of collecting
- April 15th, 2022
- Collecting area
- River bank
- Water depth
- 0,2m
- Air temperature
- 10 °C
- Sunlight
- Full sun
Environment
- Environment
- Human settlements
- Human settlements
- Dispersed
- Surrounding area
The area around the river where I live is a rural community of diverse people from all backgrounds. We all use the river in one way or another for energy or recreation at some point and we love our river.
- Underwater landscape
The underwater landscape changes so much throughout the season as the Susquehanna is mainly a cold water river but does get some aquatic plants and mosses throughout the summer months. It is mainly a very rocky and shallow river that is very clear in most parts.
Fishes:
- Noturus insignis (Ictaluridae)
- Pimephales promelas (Cyprinidae)
- Cottus bairdii (Cottidae)
- Etheostoma olmstedi (Percidae)
- Etheostoma blennioides (Percidae)
Molluscs:
- Corbicula fluminea (Cyrenidae)
Aquatic plants:
- Myriophyllum aquaticum (Haloragaceae)
- Ceratophyllum demersum (Ceratophyllaceae)
- Threats to ecology
Main thing the people gain from our river is energy and recreation. Its not really commercially fished so that is good for the fishes.
