Beaver Run (Bowman Creek tributary)
Beaver Run is a tributary of Bowman Creek in Luzerne County and Wyoming County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 7.7 miles (12.4 km) long and flows through Lake Township in Luzerne County and Noxen Township in Wyoming County. The watershed of the stream has an area of 10.6 square miles (27 km2). It is not designated as an impaired waterbody. The surficial geology in its vicinity includes alluvial fan, alluvial terrace, alluvium, Wisconsinan Till, Wisconsinan Ice-Contact Stratified Drift, fill, wetlands, and bedrock.
| Beaver Run | |
|---|---|
Beaver Run looking downstream near its mouth in Noxen | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | wetland on Kocher Mountain in Lake Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |
| • elevation | between 2,100 and 2,120 feet (640 and 646 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Bowman Creek in Noxen Township, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°24′57″N 76°02′42″W |
• elevation | 948 ft (289 m) |
| Length | 7.7 mi (12.4 km) |
| Basin size | 10.6 sq mi (27 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Bowman Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | two unnamed tributaries |
| • right | two unnamed tributaries |
Beaver Run is a source of flooding in Lake Township, Luzerne County. A number of bridges have also been constructed over Beaver Run. The watershed of the stream is designated as a High Quality Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery.