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West Branch Tinklepaugh Creek
West Branch Tinklepaugh Creek is a tributary of Wildcat Creek (Lackawanna River), Wildcat Creek in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Scott Township, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, Scott Township, Archbald, Pennsylvania, Archbald, and Blakely, Pennsylvania, Blakely. The watershed of the creek has an area of . A reach of the creek is considered to be impaired by abandoned mine drainage. A portion of the creek and its watershed is on coal measures. Course West Branch Tinklepaugh Creek begins on Hibbard Mountain in Scott Township. It flows south-southeast for a few tenths of a mile and almost immediately enters Archbald. The creek then turns south for several tenths of a mile, entering Blakely and receiving an unnamed tributary from the wikt:right bank, right. It eventually receives another unnamed tributary from the right and turns east. Several hundred feet further downstream, it reaches its confluence with Wildcat Cre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lackawanna River
The Lackawanna River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 8, 2011 tributary of the Susquehanna River in Northeastern Pennsylvania. It flows through a region of the northern Pocono Mountains that was once a center of anthracite coal mining in the United States. It starts in north Wayne County, Pennsylvania and ends in east Luzerne County, Pennsylvania in Duryea, Pennsylvania. The lower reaches of the river flow through the urban areas of Scranton, which grew around its banks in the 19th century as an industrial center. Its name comes from a Lenni Lenape word meaning "stream that forks". The river rises in two branches, the West and East branches, along the boundary between Susquehanna and Wayne counties. The branches, each about long, flow south, closely parallel to each other, and join at the Stillwater Lake reservoir in Union Dale. The combined river flows southwest past Forest City, Carbo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |