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The creek's mouth opens to Lake Erie about one-half mile north of Pennsylvania Route 5 at Water Street. It draws its name from its location four miles (6 km) east of the center of Erie, Pennsylvania. The watershed consists of portions of Greene, Harborcreek, and Lawrence Park townships, as well as Wesleyville, Pennsylvania. Fish migration ...
The main land uses in the watershed of Shamokin Creek are forested land and agricultural land, with barren land and urban land making up only a few percent of the watershed. However, in the upper 54 square miles (140 km 2), forested land and mine spoils dominate, urban land is less prevalent, and agricultural land is virtually nonexistent. Coal ...
[6] [9] The majority (61%) of the land use is considered residential, while 11% is undeveloped and 10% is open space. Of the remaining land, most of it is considered industrial, commercial, and institutional, with 2.45% classified as paved. [14] Estimates for the population of the watershed range from 484,000 to 500,000. [10]
Of the 1,000+ Superfund sites in America, 25% of them (both capped and active) are situated directly on or near Native American reservations. [11] Many of these sites can interfere with various rituals and affect cultural objects, and create further conflict between the Government and affected tribes. [ 12 ]
The elevation of Beaver Run Reservoir is 1,053 feet (321 m) above sea level. [1] The reservoir is the source of drinking water for 150,000 people, including those in Murrysville, Export and Delmont. [2] Fishing in the reservoir and hiking near the reservoir are not allowed, due to public health concerns. [3]
In 2006, Donna Schwartzbauer spent $15,000 on what she thought was a nice plot of land in Ross Township, Pennsylvania, just outside of Pittsburgh.She decided to build a house on it and make it her ...
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in Pennsylvania. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3 ), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3 ).
Little Shamokin Creek is a 15.0-mile-long (24.1 km) [1] tributary of Shamokin Creek and a sub-tributary of the Susquehanna River in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. [2] The watershed of the creek has an area of 37 square miles, spread out over Upper Augusta Township , Lower Augusta Township , Rockefeller Township , and ...