Little Clearfield Creek is a freestone river in Pennsylvania, listed as Delayed Harvest by Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.
The nearest USGS gauge on the same stream system is shown, labelled. 1 guide and 1 shop nearby are listed here; the nearest destination hub is State College, Penns Creek & Spring Creek.
Little Clearfield Creek is a freestone river in Pennsylvania. Our destination hub State College, Penns Creek & Spring Creek is 34 mi away in a straight line.
Pick one of its USGS gauges and hear from us when the flow moves into or out of its usual range for the date, or crosses a flow you set. We check the public USGS reading every 2 hours and email only when it crosses, at most once every 6 hours. Flow alone is not a fishing forecast or a safety call.
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Start from the agency's public access map. Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish.
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Gauges, shops and guides within 40 miles
Map of Little Clearfield Creek: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Little Clearfield Creek with 1 USGS gauge, and shops and guides with an exact address within 40 miles.
Restrooms within 2 miles of Little Clearfield Creek in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
Map of the restroom near Little Clearfield Creek
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 1 restroom near Little Clearfield Creek, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
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Keystone SelectTyrone, Pennsylvania, from the air: Bald Eagle Creek meets the Little Juniata River in the town (the creek is not visible at this distance). Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pennsylvania · about 21 mi
Class A Wild TroutRepresentative photo · not Clearfield CreekThe Little Juniata River at the 1898 Birmingham Bridge, near Birmingham, Pennsylvania (black-and-white survey photograph). Photo: Jet Lowe, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clearfield Creek.
Class A Wild TroutRepresentative photo · not Laurel RunSpring Creek in Talleyrand Park, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Laurel Run.
Class A Wild TroutRepresentative photo · not Laurel RunFishing Creek from PA Route 150, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. Photo: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Laurel Run.
Delayed HarvestRepresentative photo · not Black Moshannon CreekSunrise on Penns Creek, Union County, Pennsylvania. Photo: WiiWillieWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Black Moshannon Creek.
Pennsylvania · about 27 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Kettle CreekLetort Spring Run from a bridge on the Letort Spring Run Nature Trail, Carlisle. Photo: Morsea24, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Kettle Creek.
Seasons, limits, special regulations and closures for each reach are on the agency pages below. Read them before you go.
Each comes from the agency's own published list; where the list names a reach it is quoted. A designation applies to the listed reach, not necessarily the whole water. Listed in the finder under trout.
On the Delayed Harvest Artificial Lures Only list (Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, read 2026-10-24). All waters with this designation
Measured from the NHDPlus High Resolution (flowlines and waterbodies) (U.S. Geological Survey, read 2026-11-04) for this water’s own mapped feature. Rounded figures; they describe the channel, not today’s conditions.
Listings marked Unclaimed are built from open map records and the business's own website: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
What 1 nearby guide website mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 1 nearby guide website
8 hatches charted for the region, not measured on this water. From Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission.
Blue Quill (April) · Hendrickson (April) · Quill Gordon (April) · Green drake (May) · Mayflies (best hatches) (May) · Mayflies, stoneflies and caddisflies (June to September) · and 2 more on the chart
State College sits in the ridge-and-valley country of central Pennsylvania, with Spring Creek through town, Penns Creek over the ridge to the south-east and the Little Juniata to the south-west.
Destination hub · 34 mi away in a straight line
A practical checklist for fly fishing small mountain trout streams: a short 3–4 weight rod, light line, a few buoyant dries and simple wet-wading gear, with estimated prices and where to buy.
7′6″–8′6″ rod, 3–4 weight, floating line · Brook, cutthroat, rainbow and brown trout
Open the checklistSeams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
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Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Flows, gauge statistics and flood stages come from USGS and the National Weather Service when the page is shown. Regulations, stocking, species and season statements link to the agency that publishes them; this page copies only the species names and the quoted sentences. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: a point on the mapped channel of “Little Clearfield Creek”, halfway along its length in Pennsylvania, from the USGS high-resolution hydrography (NHDPlus HR), read 4 Nov 2026. It marks the water, not a particular access or reach. Water type is our own classification.
Caution: Rising water: fishable, but watch the level
No water temperature here.
At Clearfield Creek at Dimeling, PA (USGS 01541500). No gauge on Little Clearfield Creek. Nearest: Clearfield Creek at Dimeling, PA (5.6 mi away), on the river it flows into. Little Clearfield Creek's own flow is not measured. Provisional USGS data
USGS 01541500 · NWS DMLP1
No gauge on Little Clearfield Creek. Nearest: Clearfield Creek at Dimeling, PA (5.6 mi away), on the river it flows into. Little Clearfield Creek's own flow is not measured.
What the agencies suggest
Stand back from the shoreline and be aware of surroundingsRhode Island Department of Environmental Management
General guidance from the readings and the published lines named above, not a fishing forecast. Local rules and closures come first.
Reading Nov 5, 5:45 PM EST · provisional USGS data
Normal for Nov 5 Rising · 24 h Below NWS action stage
Discharge, last 7 days: 169 readings from Oct 29, 6:45 PM EDT to Nov 5, 5:45 PM EST; ranging 173 to 215 ft³/s; latest 203 ft³/s.
USGS provisional data may be revised. Source: USGS instantaneous values.
| Time | Discharge (ft³/s) | Gauge height (ft) |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 5, 5:45 PM EST | 203 | 3.45 |
| Nov 5, 4:45 PM EST | 201 | 3.44 |
| Nov 5, 3:45 PM EST | 201 | 3.44 |
| Nov 5, 2:45 PM EST | 198 | 3.43 |
| Nov 5, 1:45 PM EST | 192 | 3.41 |
| Nov 5, 12:45 PM EST | 192 | 3.41 |
| Nov 5, 11:45 AM EST | 189 | 3.4 |
| Nov 5, 10:45 AM EST | 189 | 3.4 |
| Nov 5, 9:45 AM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 5, 8:45 AM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 5, 7:45 AM EST | 184 | 3.38 |
| Nov 5, 6:45 AM EST | 184 | 3.38 |
| Nov 5, 5:45 AM EST | 176 | 3.35 |
| Nov 5, 4:45 AM EST | 176 | 3.35 |
| Nov 5, 3:45 AM EST | 176 | 3.35 |
| Nov 5, 2:45 AM EST | 176 | 3.35 |
| Nov 5, 1:45 AM EST | 173 | 3.34 |
| Nov 5, 12:45 AM EST | 176 | 3.35 |
| Nov 4, 11:45 PM EST | 173 | 3.34 |
| Nov 4, 10:45 PM EST | 176 | 3.35 |
| Nov 4, 9:45 PM EST | 173 | 3.34 |
| Nov 4, 8:45 PM EST | 173 | 3.34 |
| Nov 4, 7:45 PM EST | 176 | 3.35 |
| Nov 4, 6:45 PM EST | 173 | 3.34 |
| Nov 4, 5:45 PM EST | 173 | 3.34 |
| Nov 4, 4:45 PM EST | 173 | 3.34 |
| Nov 4, 3:45 PM EST | 173 | 3.34 |
| Nov 4, 2:45 PM EST | 176 | 3.35 |
| Nov 4, 1:45 PM EST | 173 | 3.34 |
| Nov 4, 12:45 PM EST | 173 | 3.34 |
| Nov 4, 11:45 AM EST | 178 | 3.36 |
| Nov 4, 10:45 AM EST | 176 | 3.35 |
| Nov 4, 9:45 AM EST | 178 | 3.36 |
| Nov 4, 8:45 AM EST | 178 | 3.36 |
| Nov 4, 7:45 AM EST | 176 | 3.35 |
| Nov 4, 6:45 AM EST | 176 | 3.35 |
| Nov 4, 5:45 AM EST | 178 | 3.36 |
| Nov 4, 4:45 AM EST | 178 | 3.36 |
| Nov 4, 3:45 AM EST | 178 | 3.36 |
| Nov 4, 2:45 AM EST | 176 | 3.35 |
| Nov 4, 1:45 AM EST | 178 | 3.36 |
| Nov 4, 12:45 AM EST | 178 | 3.36 |
| Nov 3, 11:45 PM EST | 178 | 3.36 |
| Nov 3, 10:45 PM EST | 178 | 3.36 |
| Nov 3, 9:45 PM EST | 178 | 3.36 |
| Nov 3, 8:45 PM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 3, 7:45 PM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 3, 6:45 PM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 3, 5:45 PM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 3, 4:45 PM EST | 178 | 3.36 |
| Nov 3, 3:45 PM EST | 178 | 3.36 |
| Nov 3, 2:45 PM EST | 178 | 3.36 |
| Nov 3, 1:45 PM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 3, 12:45 PM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 3, 11:45 AM EST | 178 | 3.36 |
| Nov 3, 10:45 AM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 3, 9:45 AM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 3, 8:45 AM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 3, 7:45 AM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 3, 6:45 AM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 3, 5:45 AM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 3, 4:45 AM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 3, 3:45 AM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 3, 2:45 AM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 3, 1:45 AM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 3, 12:45 AM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 2, 11:45 PM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 2, 10:45 PM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 2, 9:45 PM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 2, 8:45 PM EST | 184 | 3.38 |
| Nov 2, 7:45 PM EST | 184 | 3.38 |
| Nov 2, 6:45 PM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 2, 5:45 PM EST | 184 | 3.38 |
| Nov 2, 4:45 PM EST | 181 | 3.37 |
| Nov 2, 3:45 PM EST | 184 | 3.38 |
| Nov 2, 2:45 PM EST | 184 | 3.38 |
| Nov 2, 1:45 PM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 2, 12:45 PM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 2, 11:45 AM EST | 184 | 3.38 |
| Nov 2, 10:45 AM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 2, 9:45 AM EST | 189 | 3.4 |
| Nov 2, 8:45 AM EST | 189 | 3.4 |
| Nov 2, 7:45 AM EST | 189 | 3.4 |
| Nov 2, 6:45 AM EST | 184 | 3.38 |
| Nov 2, 5:45 AM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 2, 4:45 AM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 2, 3:45 AM EST | 189 | 3.4 |
| Nov 2, 2:45 AM EST | 189 | 3.4 |
| Nov 2, 1:45 AM EST | 189 | 3.4 |
| Nov 2, 12:45 AM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 1, 11:45 PM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 1, 10:45 PM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 1, 9:45 PM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 1, 8:45 PM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 1, 7:45 PM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 1, 6:45 PM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 1, 5:45 PM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 1, 4:45 PM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 1, 3:45 PM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 1, 2:45 PM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 1, 1:45 PM EST | 187 | 3.39 |
| Nov 1, 12:45 PM EST | 189 | 3.4 |
| Nov 1, 11:45 AM EST | 189 | 3.4 |
| Nov 1, 10:45 AM EST | 189 | 3.4 |
| Nov 1, 9:45 AM EST | 189 | 3.4 |
| Nov 1, 8:45 AM EST | 189 | 3.4 |
| Nov 1, 7:45 AM EST | 189 | 3.4 |
| Nov 1, 6:45 AM EST | 192 | 3.41 |
| Nov 1, 5:45 AM EST | 189 | 3.4 |
| Nov 1, 4:45 AM EST | 192 | 3.41 |
| Nov 1, 3:45 AM EST | 192 | 3.41 |
| Nov 1, 2:45 AM EST | 192 | 3.41 |
| Nov 1, 1:45 AM EST | 192 | 3.41 |
| Nov 1, 1:45 AM EDT | 192 | 3.41 |
| Nov 1, 12:45 AM EDT | 192 | 3.41 |
| Oct 31, 11:45 PM EDT | 192 | 3.41 |
| Oct 31, 10:45 PM EDT | 192 | 3.41 |
| Oct 31, 9:45 PM EDT | 195 | 3.42 |
| Oct 31, 8:45 PM EDT | 195 | 3.42 |
| Oct 31, 7:45 PM EDT | 195 | 3.42 |
| Oct 31, 6:45 PM EDT | 198 | 3.43 |
| Oct 31, 5:45 PM EDT | 195 | 3.42 |
| Oct 31, 4:45 PM EDT | 195 | 3.42 |
| Oct 31, 3:45 PM EDT | 195 | 3.42 |
| Oct 31, 2:45 PM EDT | 195 | 3.42 |
| Oct 31, 1:45 PM EDT | 198 | 3.43 |
| Oct 31, 12:45 PM EDT | 195 | 3.42 |
| Oct 31, 11:45 AM EDT | 195 | 3.42 |
| Oct 31, 10:45 AM EDT | 198 | 3.43 |
| Oct 31, 9:45 AM EDT | 198 | 3.43 |
| Oct 31, 8:45 AM EDT | 198 | 3.43 |
| Oct 31, 7:45 AM EDT | 198 | 3.43 |
| Oct 31, 6:45 AM EDT | 198 | 3.43 |
| Oct 31, 5:45 AM EDT | 198 | 3.43 |
| Oct 31, 4:45 AM EDT | 198 | 3.43 |
| Oct 31, 3:45 AM EDT | 201 | 3.44 |
| Oct 31, 2:45 AM EDT | 201 | 3.44 |
| Oct 31, 1:45 AM EDT | 203 | 3.45 |
| Oct 31, 12:45 AM EDT | 201 | 3.44 |
| Oct 30, 11:45 PM EDT | 203 | 3.45 |
| Oct 30, 10:45 PM EDT | 203 | 3.45 |
| Oct 30, 9:45 PM EDT | 203 | 3.45 |
| Oct 30, 8:45 PM EDT | 203 | 3.45 |
| Oct 30, 7:45 PM EDT | 206 | 3.46 |
| Oct 30, 6:45 PM EDT | 206 | 3.46 |
| Oct 30, 5:45 PM EDT | 206 | 3.46 |
| Oct 30, 4:45 PM EDT | 206 | 3.46 |
| Oct 30, 3:45 PM EDT | 206 | 3.46 |
| Oct 30, 2:45 PM EDT | 209 | 3.47 |
| Oct 30, 1:45 PM EDT | 209 | 3.47 |
| Oct 30, 12:45 PM EDT | 209 | 3.47 |
| Oct 30, 11:45 AM EDT | 209 | 3.47 |
| Oct 30, 10:45 AM EDT | 209 | 3.47 |
| Oct 30, 9:45 AM EDT | 206 | 3.46 |
| Oct 30, 8:45 AM EDT | 209 | 3.47 |
| Oct 30, 7:45 AM EDT | 209 | 3.47 |
| Oct 30, 6:45 AM EDT | 209 | 3.47 |
| Oct 30, 5:45 AM EDT | 209 | 3.47 |
| Oct 30, 4:45 AM EDT | 209 | 3.47 |
| Oct 30, 3:45 AM EDT | 209 | 3.47 |
| Oct 30, 2:45 AM EDT | 209 | 3.47 |
| Oct 30, 1:45 AM EDT | 212 | 3.48 |
| Oct 30, 12:45 AM EDT | 212 | 3.48 |
| Oct 29, 11:45 PM EDT | 212 | 3.48 |
| Oct 29, 10:45 PM EDT | 212 | 3.48 |
| Oct 29, 9:45 PM EDT | 212 | 3.48 |
| Oct 29, 8:45 PM EDT | 212 | 3.48 |
| Oct 29, 7:45 PM EDT | 215 | 3.49 |
| Oct 29, 6:45 PM EDT | 215 | 3.49 |
Normal for Nov 5: 101–440 ft³/s (middle half of 66 years of record). Now: 203 ft³/s, normal.
Normal for this date. 203 ft³/s is between the 25th and 75th percentiles of daily mean flow for Nov 5 at this gauge over 66 years of record (1961–2026): 10th 70, 25th 101, median 205, 75th 440, 90th 660 ft³/s.
Daily means on record for Nov 5: lowest 41 ft³/s, highest 1,800 ft³/s.
Classes as USGS labels them (hyswap: flow categories (WDFN_stats schema) (U.S. Geological Survey) ); percentiles from the USGS daily statistics (U.S. Geological Survey) (approved daily means; the reading is provisional and instantaneous).
Rising over 24 hours: discharge up 17.3%, from 173 to 203 ft³/s. Rising or falling means a change of more than 10% in discharge (or 0.2 ft of gauge height) over 24 hours; our rule of thumb, not a USGS class.
Below NWS action stage. The National Weather Service reports this gauge below its action stage. That is not a statement that wading is safe.
NWS observed 3.45 ft stage, 203 ft³/s at Nov 5, 5:45 PM EST (NWS gauge DMLP1; its stage datum can differ from the USGS gauge height).
Forecasts are not available. Only observed stages are available for this point.
Open the NWS gauge page · What the categories mean (National Weather Service)
No current water-temperature reading at this gauge, so no temperature guidance is given. Take a stream thermometer: the trout lines Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission uses are 60°F, 70°F and 72°F.
This gauge is on our page for Little Clearfield Creek, but no agency page we read lists its species.
Below NWS action stage. The National Weather Service reports this gauge below its action stage. That is not a statement that wading is safe.
Flood categories: action stage, minor, moderate and major flooding (National Weather Service)Rising water. Rising over the last 24 hours (discharge up 17.3%). Keep your way back to the bank in sight and watch the level while you fish. “Rising” is our rule of thumb: more than 10% in discharge or 0.2 ft of gauge height in 24 hours, not a USGS or NWS class.
Turn Around Don't Drown. “A mere 6 inches of fast-moving flood water can knock over an adult.” No flow number makes a crossing safe; if in doubt, stay out.
Turn Around Don't Drown (National Weather Service)Guidance from the readings above and the published thresholds named with each line; not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access. Local rules and closures come first.
Checked Nov 5, 6:22 PM EST; readings refresh at most every 15 minutes and statistics daily. Provisional USGS data can be revised. Conditions change: re-check before you go. This is general guidance, not a fishing forecast, a safety guarantee or a statement about access.
Keystone SelectTyrone, Pennsylvania, from the air: Bald Eagle Creek meets the Little Juniata River in the town (the creek is not visible at this distance). Photo: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Class A Wild TroutRepresentative photo · not Clearfield CreekThe Little Juniata River at the 1898 Birmingham Bridge, near Birmingham, Pennsylvania (black-and-white survey photograph). Photo: Jet Lowe, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons Not Clearfield Creek.
Class A Wild TroutRepresentative photo · not Laurel RunSpring Creek in Talleyrand Park, Bellefonte, Pennsylvania. Photo: Nicholas A. Tonelli, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Laurel Run.
Class A Wild TroutRepresentative photo · not Laurel RunFishing Creek from PA Route 150, Clinton County, Pennsylvania. Photo: Ruhrfisch, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Laurel Run.
Delayed HarvestRepresentative photo · not Black Moshannon CreekSunrise on Penns Creek, Union County, Pennsylvania. Photo: WiiWillieWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Black Moshannon Creek.
Pennsylvania · about 27 mi
Catch and releaseRepresentative photo · not Kettle CreekLetort Spring Run from a bridge on the Letort Spring Run Nature Trail, Carlisle. Photo: Morsea24, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Kettle Creek.
