Little Green Creek is a tributary of
Green Creek in
Columbia County, Pennsylvania
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, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through
Greenwood Township.
The watershed of the creek has an area of . At least two bridges have been built over the creek and at least one ridge and one hillside is in its vicinity.
Course
Little Green Creek begins in a valley in Greenwood Township, less than a mile south of the border between Greenwood Township and
Jackson Township. It flows east for some distance, receiving an unnamed tributary, before gradually turning southeast and flowing alongside the Austin Trail. Over the next few miles, it gradually turns south-southeast and south before its valley becomes abruptly shallower. The creek continues flowing south-southeast, crossing
Pennsylvania Route 254
Pennsylvania Route 254 (PA 254) is a state highway located in Northumberland, Montour, and Columbia counties in Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at PA 405 in Milton. The eastern terminus is at PA 487 near Benton.
Route description
...
and entering
Rohrsburg. In Rohrsburg, it reaches its confluence with Green Creek within several hundred feet.
Little Green Creek joins Green Creek upstream of its mouth.
Geography and watershed
The elevation near the mouth of Little Green Creek is above
sea level
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. The elevation of the creek's source is between and above sea level.
A portion of the creek is near a densely forested and steep hillside that is high and is located on the northern edge of the
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. The August 19,
1890 Wilkes-Barre tornado
The 1890 Wilkes-Barre tornado occurred on Tuesday, August 19, 1890, in Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. It tore through the city as an estimated F3. The tornado killed 16 people, injured 50, damaged or destroyed 260 buildings, and cost a ...
began in the vicinity of this area. There is also a
ridge
A ridge or a mountain ridge is a geographical feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for an extended distance. The sides of the ridge slope away from the narrow top on either side. The line ...
located to the west of the creek.
The creek is one of several in Columbia County to have a
100-year floodplain
A floodplain or flood plain or bottomlands is an area of land adjacent to a river which stretches from the banks of its channel to the base of the enclosing valley walls, and which experiences flooding during periods of high discharge.Goudi ...
.
The
watershed
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Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
of Little Green Creek has an area of .
Both the source and the mouth of the creek are in the
United States Geological Survey
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quadrangle of Benton.
The Columbia County Natural Areas Inventory states that it is likely that "sensitive
iologicalfeatures" could be found along the creek.
History and etymology
In the 19th century, a
school district
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North America United States
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and
geographic district known as the Little Green Creek District was present in northern Greenwood Township. It was named for Little Green Creek, which flowed through the district.
The musician and composer
Otto Porter Ikeler grew up on a
farm
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on the Austin Trail in the vicinity of the creek.
Little Green Creek 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 1179558.
A steel
stringer bridge
Beam bridges are the simplest structural forms for bridge spans supported by an abutment or pier at each end. No moments are transferred throughout the support, hence their structural type is known as '' simply supported''.
The simplest beam ...
was built over Little Green Creek in 1910 and repaired in 1991. It is long and is northwest of Rohrsburg. Another bridge, a concrete stringer bridge, was built over the creek in 1918. It is long and is northwest of Rohrsburg. The bridges carry T-599 and T-580, respectively.
Little Green Creek is named for the fact that it is smaller than Green Creek, which it is a tributary of.
See also
*
Rickard Hollow, next tributary of Green Creek going downstream
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References
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Rivers of Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Tributaries of Fishing Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River)
Rivers of Pennsylvania