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Stony Fork Creek (shown as Stony Fork on federal maps) is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data
The National Map
accessed August 8, 2011
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of
Babb Creek Babb Creek is a tributary of Pine Creek in Pennsylvania in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004. The tributary Stony Fork Creek joins Babb Creek just upstream of the community of Blackwell, 3.5 mile ...
in Tioga County,
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in the
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.Gertler, Edward. ''Keystone Canoeing'', Seneca Press, 2004.


Course

Stony Fork begins at the confluence of its east and west branches in the
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northwest of
Morris Morris may refer to: Places Australia *St Morris, South Australia, place in South Australia Canada * Morris Township, Ontario, now part of the municipality of Morris-Turnberry * Rural Municipality of Morris, Manitoba ** Morris, Manitob ...
. It flows south, receiving Black Run and Roland Run, both from the
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. Stony Fork Road follows the entire length of the stream. Stony Fork merges with Babb Creek near the
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of Doane, along
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between Morris and
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. Babb Creek is a tributary of Pine Creek, a tributary of the
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.


See also

*
List of rivers of Pennsylvania This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. By drainage basin This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name. Delaware Bay Chesapeake Bay *''E ...


References

{{authority control Rivers of Pennsylvania Rivers of Tioga County, Pennsylvania Tributaries of Pine Creek (Pennsylvania)