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Blizzards Run (also known as Blizzard Run or Blizzard's Run) is a tributary of
Blizzards Run begins in northeastern Mahoning Township. After less than a mile, it turns west and flows through Mechanicsville, receiving two unnamed tributaries from the
Sechler Run
Sechler Run (also known as Sechler's Run) is a tributary of Mahoning Creek (Susquehanna River), Mahoning Creek in Montour County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is long. The stream flows through Cooper Township, Mahoning Township, and Danv ...
in Montour County, Pennsylvania
Montour County is a County (United States), county in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. It is located in Northeastern Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the population was 18,136. Its count ...
, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Mahoning Township and Danville. The watershed of the stream has an area of . The stream has two unnamed tributaries. Several businesses were historically located along it, and there was a spring nearby in the early 1900s.
Course
Blizzards Run begins in northeastern Mahoning Township. After less than a mile, it turns west and flows through Mechanicsville, receiving two unnamed tributaries from the right
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. Further on, it enters Danville, where it turns southwest. A short distance downstream, it turns south and reaches its confluence with Sechler Run.
Blizzards Run joins Sechler Run upstream of its mouth.
Hydrology, geology, and geography
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at various sites on Blizzards Run ranged from 68.6 to 81.6 in 2010. The average runoff curve number between these sites was 74.9. The predicted runoff curve numbers of the stream for 2020 range from 69.5 to 82.0, with an average of 75.3. In 2010, the stormwater
Stormwater, also spelled storm water, is water that originates from precipitation (storm), including heavy rain and meltwater from hail and snow. Stormwater can soak into the soil ( infiltrate) and become groundwater, be stored on depressed la ...
lag time ranged from 6.7 to 71.2 minutes, with an average of 27.3 minutes. In 2020, the predicted stormwater lag time ranges from 6.7 to 69.6 minutes, with an average of 26.8 minutes.
The elevation of Blizzards Run near its mouth is above sea level
Mean sea level (MSL, often shortened to sea level) is an average surface level of one or more among Earth's coastal bodies of water from which heights such as elevation may be measured. The global MSL is a type of vertical datuma standardised g ...
. Near its source, the elevation of the stream is approximately above sea level.
Watershed
The watershed of Blizzards Run has an area of . Historically, there was aspring
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close to the corner of Mulberry Street and Pearl Street near Blizzards Run. A 1909 report noted that it had the potential to become polluted
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. The spring was little-used in the early 1900s. During freshet
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s, the waters of the stream sometimes backed up into the spring. A reservoir
A reservoir (; from French ''réservoir'' ) is an enlarged lake behind a dam. Such a dam may be either artificial, built to store fresh water or it may be a natural formation.
Reservoirs can be created in a number of ways, including contro ...
is also located on the stream.
History
Blizzards Run is of natural origin. In the 1800s, Blizzards Run experienced severe pollution. A number of drains connected to it and it served as anopen sewer
A combined sewer is a type of gravity sewer with a system of pipes, tunnels, pump stations etc. to transport sewage and urban runoff together to a sewage treatment plant or disposal site. This means that during rain events, the sewage gets dilute ...
in this period. In the early 1900s, a plant belonging to the Hanover Brewing Company was based in the valley of Blizzards Run. A drain from a slaughterhouse
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Slaughterhouses that produce meat that is no ...
also discharged into the stream during this period. The plant of the Danville Structural Tubing Company was situated at the mouth of the stream in the beginning of the 1900s.
In the early 1900s, Blizzards Run flowed under two railroad
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s.
The Montour County Hazard Mitigation Plan includes erosion
Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that removes soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transports it to another location where it is deposited. Erosion is distin ...
control along Blizzards Run to remedy flooding. In 2012, a number of residents of the Gaytowne subdivision filed a lawsuit against Mahoning Township for not following a subdivision plan and thus causing Blizzards Run to flood. The lawsuit was rejected by a Montour Count judge.
See also
*List of rivers of Pennsylvania
This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake Bay
*''E ...
References
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