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Stream in Pennsylvania, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Kratzer Run is a 5.75 mi (9.25 km)-long 3rd order tributary to Anderson Creek in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. It is the only stream bearing this name in the United States.[1]
Kratzer Run Tributary to Anderson Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Clearfield |
Borough | Grampian |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Hiles Run divide |
• location | about 1 mile southeast of Grampian, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°56′24″N 078°36′15″W[1] |
• elevation | 1,620 ft (490 m)[2] |
Mouth | |
• location | Bridgeport, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°58′35″N 078°32′48″W[1] |
• elevation | 1,181 ft (360 m)[3] |
Length | 5.75 mi (9.25 km)[4] |
Basin size | 15.41 square miles (39.9 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Anderson Creek |
• average | 24.39 cu ft/s (0.691 m3/s) at mouth with Anderson Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Anderson Creek → West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
River system | Susquehanna River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Bilger Run |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Haytown Road, PA 729, Rustic Road |
Kratzer Run is the largest tributary to Anderson Creek and drains a region of farmland and places that have been surface mined for coal. As a result, Kratzer Run suffers from Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) and the impact of adjacent highways and communities is considered the most degraded tributary to Anderson Creek.[6]
Bilger Run, a tributary, is also impaired by AMD. Numerous places of erosion have been noted as well.[6] In spite of the impacts, numerous efforts are underway to mitigate the pollution.[7]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[8]
Kratzer Run rises about 1 mile southeast of Grampian, Pennsylvania, and then flows generally east to join Anderson Creek at Bridgeport.[3]
Kratzer Run drains 15.41 square miles (39.9 km2) of area, receives about 43.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 368.63, and is about 63% forested.[5]
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