Buck Run is a tributary of Little Muncy Creek in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Jordan Township. The watershed of the stream has an area of . The surficial geology near the stream mostly consists of Illinoian Till and Illinoian Lag, with some alluvium and bedrock. The stream is a Coldwater Fishery and is being considered for wild trout designation. It has one unnamed tributary.

Course

Buck Run begins in Jordan Township, near

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, at the base of Huckleberry Mountain. It flows south for a short distance before entering a valley, where it continues to flow south for approximately a mile. The stream then receives a very short unnamed tributary from the right and reaches its confluence with Little Muncy Creek. Buck Run joins Little Muncy Creek upstream of its mouth.

Tributaries

Buck Run has no named tributaries. However, it does have an unnamed tributary that flows several hundred feet from a pond to join Buck Run.

Geography and geology

The elevation near the

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of Buck Run is above sea level. The elevation of the stream's source is above sea level. The

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at the mouth of Buck Run consists of alluvium. However, most of the stream's valley has surficial geology featuring Illinoian Till and Illinoian Lag. The thickness of the latter ranges from to less than . The sides of the stream's valley have surficial geology consisting of sandstone and

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. Buck Run is slightly beyond the terminus of the glaciers during the

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Watershed

The

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of Buck Run has an area of . The stream is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Sonestown. Its mouth is located near Biggerstown. A

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crosses Buck Run in its lower reaches.

History

Buck Run was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1170543.

Biology

Buck Run is being considered for wild trout designation by the

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. The stream was surveyed on July 2, 2013 and listed on the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission website as being considered for wild trout designation on January 20, 2015. Like all of the tributaries of Little Muncy Creek, Buck Run is classified as a Coldwater Fishery.

References

{{authority control Rivers of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Tributaries of Muncy Creek Rivers of Pennsylvania