| River | County | Reach | Length (miles) | Description | Potential Classification | ORVs | Watershed (HUC Code 8) | Year Listed/ Updated | Other State |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Creek | Centre | Headwaters to Oviston | 15 | Geologic-(Segment flows through a narrow natural canyon which includes gorges and sheer mountain walls.) Recreation-(Segment includes, on a seasonal basis, a diversity of gradients including class 3-4 rapids.) | Geologic, Recreational | Bald Eagle | 1982 | ||
| Black Moshannon Creek | Centre | Black Moshannon Dam to Moshannon Creek | 18 | Recreation-(Segment includes a diversity of gradients including Class 3-5 rapids.) | Recreational | Upper West Branch Susquehanna | 1982 | ||
| Brandywine Creek | New Castle, Chester, Delaware | Chadds Ford Junction to Rockland | 8 | Historic-(Segment includes a National Historic Register district in Rockland.) Recreation-(Unique proximity to urban populations in Wilmington, Newark, and Philadelphia.) Cultural-(Stream valley has national significance as home of artists in the Wyeth family.) | Cultural, Historic, Recreational | Brandywine-Christina | 1982 | DE | |
| Casselman River | Somerset | Casselman to Youghiogheny River | 18 | Wild-(Corridor is virtually undeveloped and remote.) | Other | Youghiogheny | 1982 | ||
| Clarion River | Clarion, Forest, Jefferson, Elk | Unnamed tributary at the backwaters of Piney Dam, approximately 0.6 miles downstream from Blyson Run to Clarion | 7 | Recreation-(Corridor includes, or is adjacent to, a high diversity of public recreation areas, access sites and natural resource attractions.) | Recreational | Clarion | 1982 | ||
| Clarion River | Clarion | Piney Dam Power Station to confluence with Allegheny River | 27 | Scenic-(Segment includes a unique diversity of views and spatial experiences due to landforms, vegetation, stream channel variation and flow gradients.) | Scenic | Clarion | 1982 | ||
| Conewago Creek | Adams | Headwaters to Beaverdam Creek | 25 | Geologic-(Segment flows through the unique 680' "Narrows" water gap.) | Geologic | Lower Susquehanna | 1982 | ||
| Conococheague Creek | Franklin | Williamson Rd. to Maryland state border | 17 | Cultural-(Segment includes an exceptional density of stone arch bridges.) | Cultural | Conococheague-Opequon | 1982 | ||
| Devils Race Course | Dauphin | Headwaters to confluence with Rattling Run | 4 | Wild-(A major portion of the segment corridor and surrounding watersheds are virtually undeveloped and remote.) Geologic-(Segment includes an undisturbed relic of a former periglacial climate.) | Geologic, Other | Lower Susquehanna-Swatara | 1982 | ||
| Double Run | Sullivan | Headwaters to confluence with Loyalsock Creek | 3 | Geologic-(Segment includes a diversity of significant features including the 500' deep canyon gorge, the haystack outcrops, a labyrinth area and numerous waterfalls.) Scenic-(The canyon vista area affords a diversity of views of the 500' deep canyon gorge.) Historic-(Corridor includes the Hillsgrove Covered Bridge, a National Historic Register Site.) Recreation-(Portion of segment is the location for the National Whitewater championships.) | Geologic, Historic, Recreational, Scenic | Lower West Branch Susquehanna | 1982 | ||
| Dry Run | Sullivan | Headwaters to confluence with Loyalsock Creek | 4 | Geologic-(Segment includes a diversity of significant features including the 500' deep canyon gorge, the haystack outcrops, a labyrinth area and numerous waterfalls.) Scenic-(The canyon vista area affords a diversity of views of the 500' deep canyon gorge.) Historic-(Corridor includes the Hillsgrove Covered Bridge, a National Historic Register Site.) Recreation-(Portion of segment is the location for the National Whitewater championships.) | Geologic, Historic, Recreational, Scenic | Lower West Branch Susquehanna | 1982 | ||
| French Creek | Berks, Chester | Headwaters within Hopewell Village to Hares Hill Road | 17 | Hydrologic-(Segment is the northernmost, least developed, free-flowing river within the Piedmont Province.) Historic-(River related National Historic Register sites and a Historic District within the corridor.) Geologic-(Area includes the unique Falls of French Creek, a series of diabase boulders.) | Geologic, Historic, Other | French | 1982 | ||
| French Creek | Crawford, Erie | Union City Dam to Erie-Lackawanna R.R. outside of Cambridge Springs | 24 | Botanic-(Area includes the Muddy Creek Swamp which possesses an unusually diverse and complete range of succession types including virgin climax forest stand.) | Other | French | 1982 | ||
| Hell Run | Lawrence | Fairview School Rd. bridge to confluence with Slippery Rock Creek | 3 | Geologic-(Segment is a portion of a unique example of a deviation from normal stream erosional evolution.) | Geologic, Other | Connoquenessing | 1982 | ||
| Indian Creek | Fayette, Westmoreland | Headwaters to Youghiogheny River | 31 | Recreation-(Segment includes a diversity of gradients including Class 3-5 rapids.) | Recreational | Youghiogheny | 1982 | ||
| Kettle Creek | Sullivan | Headwaters to confluence with Ogdonia Creek | 7 | Geologic-(Segment includes a diversity of significant features including the 500' deep canyon gorge, the haystack outcrops, a labyrinth area and numerous waterfalls.) Scenic-(The canyon vista area affords a diversity of views of the 500' deep canyon gorge.) Historic-(Corridor includes the Hillsgrove Covered Bridge, a National Historic Register Site.) Recreation-(Portion of segment is the location for the National Whitewater championships.) | Geologic, Historic, Recreational, Scenic | Lower West Branch Susquehanna | 1982 | ||
| Kinzua Creek | McKean | Headwaters to Allegheny Reservoir | 28 | Historic-(Segment includes the Kinzua Viaduct, a National Historic Register Site, which is the second highest bridge of this type on the North American continent.) | Historic | Upper Allegheny | 1982 | ||
| Laurel Hill Creek | Somerset | Confluence with Allen Creek to Ursina | 19 | Scenic-(Segment includes a significant and diverse juxtaposition and combination of land, land uses, water and vegetative elements.) | Scenic | Youghiogheny | 1982 | ||
| Lehigh River | Luzerne | Lehigh Tannery to Jim Thorpe | 23 | Recreation-(One of the most highly used whitewater runs in the mid-Atlantic region of the northeast United States. Segment includes a diversity of gradients including Class 3-5 rapids.) Geologic-(Segment includes the Lehigh River Gorge with side walls of approximately 500 feet in height. Within the corridor is Glen Onoko a steep walled canyon of uncut timber and spectacular waterfalls.) | Geologic, Recreational | Lehigh | 1982 | ||
| Little Juniata River | Blair, Huntingdon | South of Ironville to two miles south of Barree | 13 | Geologic-(Segment passes through Tussey Mountain where the river winds within 2 miles trench with cliff-like valley walls up to 700' in height.) | Geologic | Upper Juniata | 1982 | ||
| Loyalsock Creek | Lycoming, Sullivan | Lopez to near Tiadaghton State Forest at confluence with West Branch Susquehanna River | 57 | Geologic-(Segment includes a diversity of significant features including the 500' deep canyon gorge, the haystack outcrops, a labyrinth area and numerous waterfalls.) Scenic-(The canyon vista area affords a diversity of views of the 500' deep canyon gorge.) Historic-(Corridor includes the Hillsgrove Covered Bridge, a National Historic Register Site.) Recreation-(Portion of segment is the location for the National Whitewater championships.) | Geologic, Historic, Recreational, Scenic | Lower West Branch Susquehanna | 1982 | ||
| Moshannon Creek | Clearfield, Centre | Winburne to West Branch Susquehanna River | 25 | Recreation-(Segment possesses a unique combination of access sites, gradients, campsites and natural areas.) | Recreational | Upper West Branch Susquehanna | 1982 | ||
| Muddy Creek | Crawford | Teepleville Rd bridge crossing near Eaton Corners to confluence with French Creek | 9 | Botanic-(Area includes the Muddy Creek Swamp which possesses an unusually diverse and complete range of succession types including virgin climax forest stand.) | Other | French | 1982 | ||
| Octoraro Creek | Cecil, Lancaster | Pine Grove to Camp Horseshoe | 11 | Botanic-(Corridor includes the highest quality extensive stand of hemlock documented in the Piedmont region. Also adjacent to the river is a red oak community with a regionally unique combination of canopy trees and ferns.) | Other | Lower Susquehanna | 1982 | ||
| Octoraro Creek, East Branch | Lancaster, Chester | One mile south of Christina to Octoraro Lake | 13 | Geologic-(River flows through a unique valley with cliff-like walls over 250' high.) | Geologic | Lower Susquehanna | 1982 | ||
| Ogdonia Creek | Sullivan | Confluence with Kettle Creek to confluence with Loyalsock Creek | 0 | Geologic-(Segment includes a diversity of significant features including the 500' deep canyon gorge, the haystack outcrops, a labyrinth area and numerous waterfalls.) Scenic-(The canyon vista area affords a diversity of views of the 500' deep canyon gorge.) Historic-(Corridor includes the Hillsgrove Covered Bridge, a National Historic Register Site.) Recreation-(Portion of segment is the location for the National Whitewater championships.) | Geologic, Historic, Recreational, Scenic | Lower West Branch Susquehanna | 1982 | ||
| Penns Creek | Centre, Mifflin, Union | Springs Mill to upstream from Glen Iron | 30 | Geologic-(Segment flows through a lengthy series of water gaps.) Scenic-(Within the segment is the nationally recognized Poe Paddy Drive, which affords a unique diversity of views due to variations in land forms and river channel.) | Geologic, Scenic | Lower Susquehanna-Penns | 1982 | ||
| Rattling Run | Dauphin | Confluence with Devils Race Course to confluence with Stony Creek | 1 | Wild-(A major portion of the segment corridor and surrounding watersheds are virtually undeveloped and remote.) Geologic-(Segment includes an undisturbed relic of a former periglacial climate.) | Geologic, Other | Lower Susquehanna-Swatara | 1982 | ||
| Slippery Rock Creek | Lawrence | East of Elliots Mills to South of Route 422 | 7 | Geologic-(Segment is a portion of a unique example of a deviation from normal stream erosional evolution.) | Geologic | Connoquenessing | 1982 | ||
| Slippery Rock Creek | Lawrence | South of McConnells Mill to Wurtenburg | 5 | Botanic-(Segment includes the McConnell's Mill State Park, a National Natural Landmark.) Geologic-(Segment is unique in that its geologic history represents a deviation from the normal stream erosional evolution. McConnell's Mill gorge, in decided contrast to most river corridors in the region, represents inverse mountainous scenery.) | Geologic, Other | Connoquenessing | 1982 | ||
| Stony Creek | Dauphin | Headwaters near the Appalachian Trail to Stony Creek Reservoir | 23 | Wild-(A major portion of the segment corridor and surrounding watersheds are virtually undeveloped and remote.) Geologic-(Segment includes an undisturbed relic of a former periglacial climate.) | Geologic, Other | Lower Susquehanna-Swatara | 1982 | ||
| Susquehanna River | Bradford | Paines Island to north of Towanda | 14 | Hydrologic-(One of the largest (in CFS) free-flowing, relatively undeveloped high order rivers in the northeast.) | Other | Upper Susquehanna-Tunkhannock | 1982 | ||
| Susquehanna River | Bradford, Wyoming | Downstream from Rt. 187 bridge to Laceyville | 27 | Historic-(Segment includes the Iroquois "Prayer Rocks"; over this trail traveled the Six Nations war parties against southern Indians; a portion was the site of the colony for refugees from the French Revolution settled in 1793.) Scenic-(A unique, undeveloped view of a large meander.) Hydrologic-(One of the largest (in CFS) free-flowing, relatively undeveloped high order rivers in the northeast.) | Historic, Scenic, Other | Upper Susquehanna-Tunkhannock | 1982 | ||
| Susquehanna River | Wyoming | One mile south of Carney Flat to Tunkhannock | 10 | Geologic-(Segment includes a sectionally unique undeveloped meander isolating a piece of land over 2 miles long and a mile wide.) Hydrologic-(One of the largest (in CFS) free-flowing, relatively undeveloped high order rivers in the northeast.) | Geologic, Other | Upper Susquehanna-Tunkhannock | 1982 | ||
| Susquehanna River, West Branch | Clearfield | Dowler Junction to north of Stiffiertown, then downstream of Walton to Karthaus, then from Young Woman's Creek to Queens Run | 55 | Hydrologic-(An excellent and rare example of a relatively undeveloped river which flows through open low mountains.) | Other | Upper West Branch Susquehanna | 1982 | ||
| Susquehanna River, West Branch | Clearfield, Centre | Karthaus to west of Renova | 32 | Geologic-("Canyon" reach between Keating and Karthus is the largest gentle water canyon in the northeast.) Scenic-(A wide variety and diversity of unique views and spatial experiences related to the steep and mountainous topography, vegetation cover and diversity of the channel pattern.) | Geologic, Scenic | Upper West Branch Susquehanna | 1982 | ||
| Susquehanna River, West Branch | Lycoming | Montoursville corporate boundary to Muncy | 6 | Hydrologic-(An excellent example of a relatively undeveloped, high order river.) | Other | Upper West Branch Susquehanna | 1982 | ||
| Wissahickon Creek | Philadelphia | Germantown Avenue to Lincoln Drive | 5 | Botanic-(Segment flows through the Wissahickon Valley, a National Natural Landmark.) Recreation-(Segment is within and accessible to the Philadelphia metropolitan area.) Historic-(A large portion of the corridor is within Fairmount Park, the first major and largest urban park in the U.S. Fairmount Park is a National Historic Register site.) | Historic, Recreational, Other | Schuylkill | 1982 |
Last updated: November 30, 2016