List of tributaries of Fishing Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River)

A map of the Fishing Creek watershed

There are 17 named tributaries of the main stem of Fishing Creek, a 30-mile-long (50 km) stream in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in the United States and a tributary of the Susquehanna River. The creek also has numerous sub-tributaries.[1] The creek's watershed has an area of 385 square miles (1,000 km2). The watersheds of Little Fishing Creek and Huntington Creek, Fishing Creek's two largest tributaries, make up nearly 45 percent of the Fishing Creek watershed (182.1 square miles (472 km2)).[2]

The tributaries of the main stem of Fishing Creek consist of nine creeks, three runs, one brook, and four hollows.[1]

Main stem tributaries

NameRiver miles[2]Watershed area (square miles)[2]Image
Montour Run0.724.62
Hemlock Creek1.5216.5
Little Fishing Creek3.8668.1
Stony Brook8.13.72
Deerlick Run9.45[1]6.1[3]
Green Creek10.8436.8
Huntington Creek15.1114
Creasy Hollow15.721.3
Bee Sellers Hollow17.261.58
Raven Creek18.6211.9
Davis Hollow20.780.8
Karnes Hollow20.90.9
Culley Run21.161.45
West Creek21.7217.2
Coles Creek26.3411.9
East Branch Fishing Creek29.9819.3
West Branch Fishing Creek29.9832.9

Tributaries of Hemlock Creek

NameRiver miles[2]Watershed area (square miles)[2]Image
Frozen Run2.263.55
West Hemlock Creek3.022.8

Tributaries of Little Fishing Creek

NameRiver miles[2]Watershed area (square miles)[2]Image
Spruce Run5.879.80
West Branch Run11.1610.20
Lick Run12.024.40
Wolfhouse Run13.282.03
Devil Hole Run
Little Brier Run18.902.62

Tributaries of Green Creek

NameRiver miles[2]Watershed area (square miles)[2]Image
Mud Run3.0613.3
Rickard Hollow3.562.22
Little Green Creek4.165.01

Tributaries of Huntington Creek

NameRiver miles[2]Watershed area (square miles)[2]Image
Pine Creek4.2630.7
Kingsbury Brook6.081.27
Rogers Creek12.97.1
Marshall Hollow15.12
Kitchen Creek16.0220.1
Phillips Creek19.125.54
Lick Branch19.642.34
Arnold Creek21.184.72
Shingle Run22.181.83
Laurel Run22.821.29
Mitchler Run23.51.52

Tributaries of Coles Creek

NameRiver miles[2]Watershed area (square miles)[2]Image
Hess Hollow2.061.25
Fallow Hollow2.540.96
Ashelman Run3.540.57
Marsh Run4.480.44
Chimneystack Run4.701.07

Tributaries of East Branch Fishing Creek

NameRiver miles[2]Watershed area (square miles)[2]Image
Blackberry Run3.081.91
Trout Run3.600.62
Lead Run4.120.82
Heberly Run4.506.42
Big Run1.38
Sullivan Branch

Tributaries and sub-tributaries of Heberly Run

NameRiver miles[2]Watershed area (square miles)[2]Image
Quinn Run1.402.31
Meeker Run2.930.41
Shanty Run0.480.67

Tributaries of Sullivan Branch

NameRiver miles[2]Watershed area (square miles)[2]Image
Pigeon Run0.78
Hunts Run0.40
Ore Run0.78

References

  1. 1 2 3 Google Maps, 2014, retrieved May 8, 2014
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams (PDF), November 2, 2001, retrieved May 8, 2014
  3. PADEP (July 2012), Deerlick Run Watershed TMDL Columbia County, Pennsylvania (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on May 8, 2014, retrieved May 8, 2014
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