Beaver Run (Buffalo Creek tributary)
Beaver Run is a tributary of Buffalo Creek in Union County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 3.7 miles (6.0 km) long and flows through Buffalo Township. The watershed of the stream has an area of 4.78 square miles (12.4 km2). It is designated as an impaired stream due to siltation from agricultural activity. A significant majority of the stream's watershed is on agricultural land and only a tiny minority is on forested land.
| Beaver Run | |
|---|---|
Beaver Run looking upstream from Pennsylvania Route 192 | |
| Etymology | a large beaver dam historically located near its mouth |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | near the intersection of Pheasant Ridge Road and Dreisbach Church Road in Buffalo Township, Union County, Pennsylvania |
| • elevation | between 540 and 560 feet (160 and 170 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Buffalo Creek in Buffalo Township, Union County, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°57′59″N 76°59′05″W |
• elevation | 492 ft (150 m) |
| Length | 3.7 mi (6.0 km) |
| Basin size | 4.78 sq mi (12.4 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Buffalo Creek → West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay |
Beaver Run was named sometime before 1769. A bridge was constructed over the stream in Vicksburg in 1940. The watershed of Beaver Run is designated as a coldwater fishery and a migratory fishery. The stream has a low level of diversity amongst pollution-sensitive macroinvertebrates. However, its pathogen load is several quadrillion organisms per month.