Beaver Run (Chillisquaque Creek tributary)
Beaver Run is a tributary of Chillisquaque Creek in Montour County and Northumberland County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 6.2 miles (10.0 km) long and flows through Liberty Township in Montour County and East Chillisquaque Township in Northumberland County. The watershed of the stream has an area of 12.0 square miles (31 km2). Reaches of the stream are designated as impaired due to siltation caused by agriculture. Numerous bridges have been constructed across it and it lacks a riparian buffer in some reaches.
| Beaver Run | |
|---|---|
Beaver Run looking downstream | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | pond in a valley on Montour Ridge in Liberty Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania |
| • elevation | between 900 and 920 feet (270 and 280 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Chillisquaque Creek in East Chillisqaque Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°59′14″N 76°46′43″W |
• elevation | 466 ft (142 m) |
| Length | 6.2 mi (10.0 km) |
| Basin size | 12.0 sq mi (31 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Chillisquaque Creek → West Branch Susquehanna River |
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