Leiningers Run
| Leiningers Run | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | valley in Greenwood Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania |
| • elevation | 801 ft (244 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | West Branch Mahantango Creek in Susquehanna Township, Juniata County, Pennsylvania near Oriental |
• coordinates | 40°38′33″N 77°00′22″W / 40.64258°N 77.00612°W |
• elevation | 459 ft (140 m) |
| Length | 4.9 mi (7.9 km) |
| Basin size | 6.96 sq mi (18.0 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | West Branch Mahantango Creek → Mahantango Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | five unnamed tributaries |
| • right | three unnamed tributaries |
Leiningers Run is a tributary of West Branch Mahantango Creek in Juniata County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 4.9 miles (7.9 km) long and flows through Greenwood Township and Susquehanna Township.[1] The watershed of the stream has an area of 6.96 square miles (18.0 km2). A reach of the stream is designated as an impaired waterbody due to miscellaneous habitat alteration from habitat modifications not including hydromodification. The stream's drainage basin is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery.
Course
[edit]Leiningers Run begins in a valley in Greenwood Township. It flows south-southeast for a few tenths of a mile and then turns east for a short distance before turning southeast. After several tenths of a mile, the stream turns east-southeast, receiving two unnamed tributaries from the right and one from the left before entering Susquehanna Township. It continues flowing east-southeast for a few tenths of a mile before turning east-northeast for several tenths of a mile, receiving one unnamed tributary from the right and two from the left before turning east. After a few tenths of a mile, the stream receives another unnamed tributary from the left before turning east-northeast again. After several tenths of a mile, it receives one more unnamed tributary from the left before eventually turning southeast and reaching the end of its valley. A short distance further downstream, the stream reaches its confluence with West Branch Mahantango Creek at the border between Juniata County and Snyder County.[1]
Leiningers Run joins West Branch Mahantango Creek 3.26 miles (5.25 km) upstream of its mouth.[2]
Hydrology, geography and geology
[edit]The elevation near the mouth of Leiningers Run is 459 feet (140 m) above sea level.[3] The elevation near the stream's source is 801 feet (244 m) above sea level.[1]
A reach of Leiningers Run is designated as an impaired waterbody. The cause of impairment is miscellaneous habitat alterations and the probable source is habitat modification that is not hydromodification.[4] One person has been issued a permit to discharge stormwater into an unnamed tributary of the stream during construction operations.[5]
Watershed and biology
[edit]The watershed of Leiningers Run has an area of 6.96 square miles (18.0 km2).[2] The stream is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Richfield.[3] Its mouth is located within 1 mile (1.6 km) of Oriental.[2]
Leiningers Run is one of the major streams in Susquehanna Township. There is agricultural land along the floodplain of the stream; this is one of the major areas of agriculture in Susquehanna Township, along with the floodplains of Dobson Run and the Susquehanna River.[6]
History
[edit]Leiningers Run was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1179173.[3]
A steel stringer/multi-beam or girder bridge carrying T-524 over Leiningers Run was constructed in 1930 and repaired in 2005. This bridge is 24.9 feet (7.6 m) long. A two-span bridge of the same type, but carrying T-415 across the stream, was built in 1939 and is 26.8 feet (8.2 m) long.[7]
Biology
[edit]The drainage basin of Leiningers Run is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery.[8] The stream's designated use is aquatic life.[4]
There is a block of forested land with an area between 250 and 1,000 acres (100 and 400 ha) near the headwaters of Leiningers Run.[6]
See also
[edit]- Dobson Run, next tributary of West Branch Mahantango Creek going downstream
- Quaker Run (West Branch Mahantango Creek), next tributary of West Branch Mahantango Creek going upstream
- List of rivers of Pennsylvania
References
[edit]- ^ a b c United States Geological Survey, The National Map Viewer, archived from the original on March 29, 2012, retrieved June 2, 2016
- ^ a b c Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams (PDF), November 2, 2001, p. 85, retrieved June 2, 2016
- ^ a b c Geographic Names Information System, Feature Detail Report for: Leiningers Run, retrieved June 2, 2016
- ^ a b United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2006 Waterbody Report for Leiningers Run, retrieved June 2, 2016
- ^ "[46 Pa.B. 1226]", Pennsylvania Bulletin, March 5, 2016, retrieved June 2, 2016
- ^ a b Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (October 2007), A NATURAL HERITAGE INVENTORY OF JUNIATA COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA (PDF), pp. 129, 156, retrieved June 2, 2016
- ^ Juniata County, retrieved June 2, 2016
- ^ "§ 93.9m. Drainage List M. Susquehanna River Basin in Pennsylvania Susquehanna River", Pennsylvania Code, retrieved June 2, 2016