McKee Run

Saturday, 15 August 2015

McKee Run
McKee Run in the summertime
Other name	McKee Creek
Origin	valley in Anthony Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania
Mouth	County Line Branch in Anthony Township, Montour County, Pennsylvania 41°05′19″N 76°42′06″W
Progression	County Line Branch → West Branch Chillisquaque Creek → Chillisquaque Creek → West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River
Length	4.1 mi (6.6 km)
Sourceelevation	between 940 and 960 feet (287 and 293 m)
Mouth elevation	525 ft (160 m)
Basin area	2.68 sq mi (6.9 km2)
Left tributaries	one unnamed tributary
Right tributaries	one unnamed tributary

McKee Run (also referred to as McKee Creek) may be a tributary of boundary Branch in Montour County, Pennsylvania, within the us. it's more or less four.1 miles (6.6 km) long and flows through Anthony administrative division.The watershed of the stream has a district of two.68 sq. miles (6.9 km2). The stream is selected as impaired by siltation and removal of vegetation owing to agriculture. Land uses within the watershed embrace wooded land, croplands, and pastures. variety of bridges cross the stream.

Course

McKee Run begins during a vale in Anthony town. It flows south for many tenths of a mile before turning sou'-sou'-west for a brief distance and departure the vale. The stream then turns south once more for a couple of mile before turning southwest for many tenths of a mile. It then turns south for many tenths of a mile associate degreed crosses Pennsylvania Route forty four and receiving an unidentified tributary from the left before turning southwest. some tenths of a mile any downstream, it receives associate degree unidentified tributary from the proper and turns sou'-sou'-east. when many tenths of a mile, the stream reaches its confluence with bounds Branch.

McKee Run joins bounds Branch a pair of.40 miles (3.86 km) upstream of its mouth.

Tributaries

McKee Run has no named tributaries. However, it will have 2 unidentified tributaries.These area unit called UNT 18829 and UNT 18830

Hydrology

There area unit a complete of five.84 miles (9.40 km) of streams within the watershed of McKee Run. All of those area unit impaired by siltation and removal of vegetation because of agriculture. but, the stream has smart water quality.

The HEC-1 peak 2-year discharge of McKee Run is 272 cubelike feet per second (7.7 m3/s). The 5-year peak discharge is 416 cubelike feet per second (11.8 m3/s), the 10-year peak discharge is 572 cubelike feet per second (16.2 m3/s), and therefore the 25-year peak discharge is 851 cubelike feet per second (24.1 m3/s). The 50-year peak discharge of the stream is one,115 cubelike feet per second (31.6 m3/s), the one00-year peak discharge is 1,418 cubelike feet per second (40.2 m3/s), and therefore the 500-year peak discharge is a pair of,413 cubelike feet per second (68.3 m3/s).

Geography and geology

The elevation close to the mouth of McKee Run is 525 feet (160 m) on top of water level. The elevation of the stream's supply is between 940 and 960 feet (287 and 293 m) on top of water level.

The dimension of the channel of McKee Run will be as high as eighteen feet (5.5 m) or as low as eight feet (2.4 m). The bank height is three feet (0.91 m) in some reaches. during this space, the stream slope is zero.063 feet per foot (6.3 cm/m). The roughness constant of the stream's channel at the Pennsylvania Route forty four bridge is zero.045.

The watershed of McKee Run contains rolling hills with croplands and pastures, also as wooded mountains. The stream doesn't expertise streambank erosion close to the Pennsylvania Route forty four bridge.

Watershed

The watershed of McKee Run has a region of two.68 sq. miles (6.9 km2). a complete of one.30 sq. miles (3.4 km2) drains into the stream upstream of the Pennsylvania Route four bridge. This a part of the watershed is irregular in form. The mouth of the stream is within the us earth science Survey quadrangle of Washingtonville. However, its supply is within the quadrangle of Hugesville. The watershed of the stream is within the northern a part of Montour County.

The main land uses within the watershed of McKee Run on top of Pennsylvania Route forty four area unit forests, cropland, and pasture. a complete of vi p.c of this a part of the watershed is wooded.

History

McKee Run was entered into the Geographic Names data system on August a pair of, 1979. Its symbol within the Geographic Names data system is 1180740. The stream is additionally referred to as McKee Creek.

A concrete bridge carrying State Route 1006 was created across McKee Run in 1913. It is 40.0 feet (12.2 m) long and is found three miles (4.8 km) north of Washingtonville. A bridge carrying Pennsylvania Route forty four additionally crosses the stream.

In 1979, The State Water set up planned a theoretical  reservoir referred to as little Potential Reservoir #020-3 on McKee Run one,500 feet (460 m) upstream of Pennsylvania Route forty four. Its dam was to own a height of twenty nine feet (8.8 m) and it had been to empty a region of one.3 sq. miles (3.4 km2). The reservoir would have had a volume of 1063 acre-feet if designed.

Biology

The vegetation on the streambanks of McKee Run consists of grasses in some reaches.elements of the stream may gain advantage from further bank buffering.

See also

Beaver Run (County Line Branch), next tributary of bounds Branch going upstream
List of rivers of Pennsylvania

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