Raups Run is a tributary of the

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, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Point Township. The watershed of the stream has an area of . The stream is considered to be a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery. It was entered into the

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on August 2, 1979.

Course

Raups Run begins near Candy Lane on

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in Point Township. It flows southeast, parallel to Candy Lane, for several hundred feet. The stream then turns south and slightly east and continues to flow parallel to Candy Lane. It passes between two small

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s and a few hundred feet further downstream turns east, crossing

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almost immediately. The stream then turns southeast and begins flowing roughly parallel to Brookaw Drive for several hundred feet. It then turns southwest for a few hundred feet before turning southeast again. The stream reaches its confluence with the Susquehanna River almost immediately afterwards. Raups Run arrives at its confluence with the Susquehanna River upstream of the latter river's mouth.

Geography

The elevation near the mouth of Raups Run is above

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. The elevation of the source of the stream is between and .

Watersheds

The

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of Raups Run has an area of . The stream is in the

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quadrangle of Riverside.

History

Raups Run was added to the

on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1184702. According to staff from the

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, the stream was inadvertently left out of the Chapter 93.9 Drainage List, along with several other streams in its vicinity. This error was proposed for correction of February 25, 2013. However, the streams were not added to the list. They instead remain listed as unnamed tributaries of the Susquehanna River, as of 2013.

Biology

Raups Run is considered to be a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery. Additionally, all of the tributaries of the Susquehanna River between Mahoning Creek and the West Branch Susquehanna River have these designations.

References

External links

Raups Run on Historic Map Works
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