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Conoy Creek [1] is an 11.2-mile-long (18.0 km) [2] tributary of the Susquehanna River in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. The headwaters of the creek pass through the borough of Elizabethtown, heading southwest. Conoy Creek joins the Susquehanna River at Bainbridge.
The water temperature of Coles Creek, a tributary of Fishing Creek, only reaches 66 to 68 °F (19 to 20 °C) in the summer. In the winter, the water temperature of the main stem of Fishing Creek is around 32 °F (0 °C), and West Branch Fishing Creek's temperature can reach as low as 28 °F (−2 °C) in the winter, making it the coldest stream ...
Oaks Creek, Unadilla River, Chenango River, Chemung River, West Branch, Juniata River The Susquehanna River ( / ˌ s ʌ s k w ə ˈ h æ n ə / SUSS -kwə- HAN -ə ; Lenape : Siskëwahane [ 7 ] ) is a major river located in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, crossing three lower Northeast states (New York, Pennsylvania and Maryland).
Elizabethtown (Pennsylvania Dutch: Betzischteddel) is a borough in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located 18 miles (29 km) southeast of Harrisburg , the state capital. Small factories existed at the turn of the 20th century when the population in 1900 was 1,861.
Catawissa Creek (colloquially known as The Cat [2]) is a 41.8-mile-long (67.3 km) [3] tributary of the Susquehanna River in east-central Pennsylvania in the United States. [4] Its watershed has an area of 153 square miles (400 km 2 ).
Briar Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is 7.77 miles (12.50 km) in length. [1] [2] The stream has a watershed area of 33.0 square miles. It flows through Briar Creek Township and the borough of Briar Creek.
Swatara Creek (nicknamed the Swatty) is a 72-mile-long (116 km) [1] tributary of the Susquehanna River in east-central Pennsylvania in the United States.It rises in the Appalachian Mountains in central Schuylkill County and passes through northwest Lebanon County before draining into the Susquehanna at Middletown in Dauphin County.
The Susquehanna River saw water levels of over 26.25 feet (8.00 m), placing nearby cities, like Port Deposit, at risk of flooding like in 2011. [14] The ecological impact of this event is not known, but Chesapeake Bay ecologists are concerned about the health of the Chesapeake Bay with the influx of sediment and limiting nutrients, such as ...