List of tributaries of Mahanoy Creek
Mahanoy Creek is a 51-mile (82 km) long tributary of the Susquehanna River in Schuylkill County and Northumberland County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It has eleven officially named tributaries, of which six are direct tributaries and five are sub-tributaries. These include seven creeks and four runs.[1] The largest tributary by both length and watershed area is Schwaben Creek, which is 10.7 miles (17.2 km) long and drains an area of 30.2 square miles (78 km2). The second-largest by these measures is Zerbe Run, which is 8.3 miles (13.4 km) long and drains an area of 13.1 square miles (34 km2).
Many of the tributaries of Mahanoy Creek have been impacted by mining, including Zerbe Run,
In 2001, Schwaben Creek was the only named tributary of Mahanoy Creek that was found to contain fish; it had twenty different species. However, every officially named tributary save for
Tributaries of Mahanoy Creek
Name | Length[1] | Watershed area[4] | Distance from mouth | Mouth elevation[1][5] | Source elevation[1] | Mouth coordinates[5] | Image |
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Schwaben Creek | 10.7 miles (17.2 km) | 30.2 square miles (78 km2) | 6.18 miles (9.95 km) | 463 feet (141 m) | 980 feet (300 m) | 40°43′04″N 76°47′32″W / 40.71778°N 76.79222°W | |
Zerbe Run | 8.3 miles (13.4 km) | 13.1 square miles (34 km2) | 10.74 miles (17.28 km) | 509 feet (155 m) | 861 feet (262 m) | 40°45′16″N 76°45′24″W / 40.75444°N 76.75667°W | |
Crab Run |
2.5 miles (4.0 km) | 3.50 square miles (9.1 km2) | 32.08 miles (51.63 km) | 742 feet (226 m) | 897 feet (273 m) | 40°44′28″N 76°23′23″W / 40.74111°N 76.38972°W | |
Little Mahanoy Creek | 7.5 miles (12.1 km) | 11.0 square miles (28 km2) | 35.67 miles (57.41 km) | 794 feet (242 m) | 1,449 feet (442 m) | 40°45′16″N 76°20′39″W / 40.75444°N 76.34417°W | |
Shenandoah Creek | > 5 miles (8.0 km) | 12.1 square miles (31 km2) | 41.72 miles (67.14 km) | 958 feet (292 m) | 1,300 feet (400 m) | 40°47′42″N 76°16′36″W / 40.79500°N 76.27667°W | —
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North Mahanoy Creek | 4.4 miles (7.1 km) | 5.99 square miles (15.5 km2) | 49.27 miles (79.29 km) | 1,224 feet (373 m) | 1,889 feet (576 m) | 40°48′50″N 76°08′28″W / 40.81389°N 76.14111°W |
Tributaries of Schwaben Creek
Name | Length[1] | Watershed area[4] | Distance from mouth[4] | Mouth elevation[5] | Source elevation[1] | Mouth coordinates | Image |
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Mouse Creek |
5.6 miles (9.0 km) | 7.19 square miles (18.6 km2) | 0.48 miles (0.77 km) | 476 feet (145 m) | 850 feet (260 m) | 40°42′50″N 76°47′08″W / 40.71389°N 76.78556°W | |
Middle Creek |
3.5 miles (5.6 km) | 3.70 square miles (9.6 km2) | 3.28 miles (5.28 km) | 551 feet (168 m) | 817 feet (249 m) | 40°43′17″N 76°44′08″W / 40.72139°N 76.73556°W |
Tributaries of Little Mahanoy Creek
Name | Length[1] | Watershed area[4] | Distance from mouth[4] | Mouth elevation[5] | Source elevation[1] | Mouth coordinates | Image |
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Rattling Run |
2.3 miles (3.7 km) | 2.75 square miles (7.1 km2) | 0.32 miles (0.51 km) | 810 feet (250 m) | 1,460 feet (450 m) | 40°45′10″N 76°20′22″W / 40.75278°N 76.33944°W |
Tributaries of Shenandoah Creek
Name | Length[1] | Watershed area[4] | Distance from mouth[4] | Mouth elevation[5] | Source elevation[1] | Mouth coordinates | Image |
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Lost Creek |
1.3 miles (2.1 km) | 1.32 square miles (3.4 km2) | 1.28 miles (2.06 km) | 1,053 feet (321 m) | 1,600 feet (490 m) | 40°48′40″N 76°14′31″W / 40.81111°N 76.24194°W | —
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Kehly Run | < 2 miles (3.2 km) | 1.63 square miles (4.2 km2) | 5.01 miles (8.06 km) | — |
1,675 feet (511 m) | 40°49′35″N 76°11′39″W / 40.82639°N 76.19417°W | —
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See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j United States Geological Survey, The National Map Viewer, retrieved December 28, 2015
- ^ a b Charles A. Cravotta (2001), Effects of Abandoned Coal-Mine Drainage on Streamflow and Water Quality in the Mahanoy Creek Basin, Schuylkill, Columbia, and Northumberland Counties, Pennsylvania, 2001 (PDF), United States Geological Survey, pp. 7–9, 16, 18, 35, 38–39, retrieved December 28, 2015
- ^ GTS Technologies, Inc. (October 6, 2010), Mahanoy Creek Watershed Conservation Plan (PDF), pp. 293–295, 305–307, archived from the original (PDF) on October 2, 2016, retrieved December 29, 2015
- ^ a b c d e f g Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (November 2, 2001), Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams (PDF), pp. 54, 80, 89, 92, 107, 118, 126, 128, 154, retrieved December 29, 2015
- ^ a b c d e Geographic Names Information System (October 1, 2015), PA_Features_20151001.zip, archived from the original on November 17, 2015, retrieved March 31, 2016
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