Little Muncy Creek is the major

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Muncy Creek Muncy Creek (also known as Big Muncy Creek) is a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Sullivan County and Lycoming County, at Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately long. The watershed of the creek has an area of . ...

in Lycoming and Sullivan Counties,

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, United States. Via Muncy Creek and the

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, it is part of the

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drainage basin and waters from it flow ultimately into the

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Course

Little Muncy Creek has its source in Davidson Township in Sullivan County, then flows south in Jordan Township in Lycoming County. It then flows west into Franklin Township and the village of Lairdsville, running parallel to

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here. Further west it enters Moreland Township and passes the village of Opp, before entering Muncy Creek Township, where it flows into Muncy Creek just west of the village of Clarkstown. Other streams feeding Little Muncy Creek include Marsh Run, Beaver Run, Laurel Run, Big Run, German Run, and Little Indian Run.

Watershed

The Little Muncy Creek watershed has a total area of 82 mi² (212.4 km²) and a total population of 3,735 (as of 2000). Approximately 87.4% of the Little Muncy Creek watershed is in Lycoming County, 5.7% is in Columbia County, 5.3% is in Sullivan County, and 1.5% is in

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. Of that area, 48 mi² (124.3 km²) are forested and 34 mi² (88.1 km²) are given to agricultural uses.

References

General

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection 2001 ''Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams''Lycoming County Watersheds Map
(copyright expired)
Official Lycoming County Map showing all townships, villages, boroughs, cities, county roads, rivers, creeks, and some streams

Little Muncy Creek

Chesapeake Bay Program page on Little Muncy Creek Watershed
*Lycoming County Stream Gauge Data for Little Muncy Creek:
Gauge in Muncy Creek Township

Gauge at Lairdsville

External links

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