Broad Run is a
tributary
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of
Little Muncy Creek
Little Muncy Creek is the major tributary of Muncy Creek in Lycoming and Sullivan Counties, Pennsylvania, United States. Via Muncy Creek and the West Branch Susquehanna River, it is part of the Susquehanna River drainage basin and waters from i ...
in
Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
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Lycoming County comprises the Williamsport metropolitan statistical area.
About northwest ...
, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through
Moreland Township.
The watershed of the stream has an area of . At least one bridge has been constructed over the stream, carrying State Route 2067. Broad Run is classified as a Coldwater Fishery.
Course
![Broad Run looking downstream](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ec/Broad_Run_looking_downstream.jpg)
Broad Run begins on Ball Ridge in Moreland Township. It flows south-southeast for a few tenths of a mile before turning south-southwest for several tenths of a mile, crossing
Pennsylvania Route 118
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, and receiving an unnamed tributary from the
right
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. The stream then turns south-southeast for several tenths of a mile, flowing through a valley, before receiving a very short unnamed tributary from the
left
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and turning south-southwest. After a few tenths of a mile, it receives another unnamed tributary from the right, and several tenths of a mile further downstream, it turns west-southwest for a short distance and receives an unnamed tributary from the right before turning south-southwest and then west-southwest. After several tenths of a mile, the stream receives an unnamed tributary from the right and turns south-southwest for several tenths of a mile, reaching the end of its valley. It then turns west for a short distance before turning south and reaching its confluence with Little Muncy Creek.
Broad Run joins Little Muncy Creek upstream of its mouth.
Geography and geology
The elevation near the
mouth
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of Broad Run is above
sea level
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.
The elevation of the stream's
source
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is above sea level.
Watershed and biology
![Duck in Broad Run](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ed/Duck_in_Broad_Run.jpg)
The
watershed of Broad Run has an area of .
The stream is entirely within the
United States Geological Survey
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quadrangle of Hughesville.
Its mouth is located within of Moreland.
Broad Run is classified as a Coldwater Fishery.
History
Broad Run was entered into the
Geographic Names Information System
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on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1170290.
A concrete stringer/multi-beam or girder bridge carrying
State Route 2067 across Broad Run was constructed east of
Clarkstown in 1930 and is long. A bridge rehabilitation project involving
substructure repair of six bridges in Lycoming County, including one carrying State Route 2067 over Broad Run, for a total cost of $1,530,000.
In 2016,
XTO Energy
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was issued an Erosion and Sediment Control Permit for which one of the receiving waterbodies was Broad Run.
See also
*
Laurel Run (Little Muncy Creek), next tributary of Little Muncy Creek going downstream
*
German Run
German Run is a tributary of Little Muncy Creek in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Franklin Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, Franklin Township and Moreland Township, Lycoming ...
, next tributary of Little Muncy Creek going upstream
*
List of rivers of Pennsylvania
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By drainage basin
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Delaware Bay
Chesapeake Bay
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References
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Rivers of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
Tributaries of Muncy Creek
Rivers of Pennsylvania