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The watershed of North
Mahanoy Creek is in the upper part of the Mahanoy Creek drainage basin. It is one of the major tributaries of Mahanoy Creek. A number of bridge have been constructed over North Mahanoy Creek. The creek's watershed is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery. It
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A steel stringer/multi-beam or girder bridge carrying Park Place Road over North
Mahanoy Creek was built in 1960 and is 36.1 feet (11.0 m) long. Another bridge of the same type, and carrying the same road was built across the creek in 1961 and is 30.8 feet (9.4 m) long.
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piles in the vicinity of the creek. The landscape in the creek's vicinity is scarred by past mining operations, but there are no large abandoned mine drainage discharges in its watershed. There are still mining operations and abandoned mine lands in the watershed.
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North
Mahanoy Creek has no named tributaries. However, it does have a number of unnamed tributaries. Two of these are known unofficially as "Pole Run" and "Cold Run". Their lengths are 1.20 and 1.04 miles (1.93 and 1.67 km), respectively.
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By the late 1800s, walls 8 or 9 feet (2.4 or 2.7 m) high had been built on both sides of North
Mahanoy Creek to keep its waters in. It was alleged during a case in the late 1800s that waste from a nearby
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Mahanoy Creek at its mouth was 8.70 cubic feet per second (0.246 m/s) in March 2001 and 0 cubic feet per second (0 m/s) in August 2001. In March 2001, the concentration of
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The drainage basin of North
Mahanoy Creek is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery. In 2001, no fish were observed in at the mouth of the creek. However,
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Effects of
Abandoned Coal-Mine Drainage on Streamflow and Water Quality in the Mahanoy Creek Basin, Schuylkill, Columbia, and Northumberland Counties, Pennsylvania, 2001
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was 6.57 milligrams per liter (0.00656 oz/cu ft). In late March 2001, the water temperature of the creek was measured to be 6.9 °C (44.4 °F). The
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Mahanoy Creek begins on Bear Head in Delano Township. It flows southwest for a few tenths of a mile before turning south and flowing along the border of the
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is 1,889 feet (576 m) above sea level. The creek is a relatively small stream, being approximately a few feet wide in the late 1800s.
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has caused significant disruption to the watershed. A coal basin known as the North
Mahanoy Basin is in the vicinity of the creek.
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were 2.8 and 0.5 milligrams per liter (0.00280 and 0.00050 oz/cu ft), respectively. The concentrations of recoverable
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Mahanoy Creek has an area of 5.99 square miles (15.5 km). The mouth of the creek is in the
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In 2001, a total of five macroinvertebrate taxa were observed on North Mahanoy Creek. The taxa
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were 0.7 and 1.4 milligrams per liter (0.00070 and 0.00140 oz/cu ft), respectively.
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North Mahanoy Creek joins Mahanoy Creek 49.27 miles (79.29 km) upstream of its mouth.
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on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1193047.
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North Mahanoy Creek is designated as an impaired waterbody. The causes of impairment are
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concentration at the mouth of North Mahanoy Creek was 0.05 milligrams per liter (5.0
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There are a number of lakes and/or ponds in the watershed of North Mahanoy Creek.
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were classified as "common", with 10 to 24 individuals being observed. The taxa
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was 5 milligrams per liter (0.0050 oz/cu ft). The concentration of
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was classified as "rare", with only one or two individuals being observed.
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was being discharged into the creek. In the early 1900s, numerous private
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was measured to be 7.9 milligrams per liter (0.0079 oz/cu ft).
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was extensively mined between 1840 and 1950. There are relatively large
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of Delano. The creek is one of the major tributaries of Mahanoy Creek.
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were classified as "present", with 3 to 9 individuals being observed.
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in North Mahanoy Creek at its mouth was 0.06 milligrams per liter (6.0
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Pennsylvania Wild Trout Waters (Natural Reproduction) - October 2015
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was 11.1 milligrams per liter (0.0111 oz/cu ft). The
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Mahanoy Creek in Mahanoy City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
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naturally reproduce in two unnamed tributaries of the creek.
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1029:"ACTIONS ON COAL AND NONCOAL MINING ACTIVITY APPLICATIONS"
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The headwaters of North Mahanoy Creek are in unpolluted
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USGS 0155521049 North Mahanoy Creek at Mahanoy City, PA
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naturally reproduce in two of its unnamed tributaries.
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value of North Mahanoy Creek at its mouth was 5.24.
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615:List of tributaries of Mahanoy Creek
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166:5.99 sq mi (15.5 km)
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980:Pennsylvania Department of Health
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257:taxa, but no fish. However, wild
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465:near Locust Mountain. However,
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434:. The elevation of the creek's
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223:Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania
610:List of rivers of Pennsylvania
107: • coordinates
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394:In March 2001, the dissolved
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42:Physical characteristics
1109:Tributaries of Mahanoy Creek
774:Charles A. Cravotta (2001),
344:of the creek's water was 54
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875:, 1891, pp. 369, 374
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311:abandoned mine drainage
271:census-designated place
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532:Gilberton Coal Company
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342:specific conductance
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211:North Mahanoy Creek
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288:Tributaries
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1093:Categories
933:Topography
621:References
566:Simuliidae
536:coal waste
487:quadrangle
404:phosphorus
334:alkalinity
253:has a few
163:Basin size
120:76°08′29″W
117:40°48′50″N
517:gas works
479:watershed
473:Watershed
432:sea level
385:magnesium
381:potassium
361:manganese
322:discharge
315:ephemeral
307:siltation
297:Hydrology
215:tributary
982:(1920),
598:See also
445:, where
412:sulfates
353:aluminum
542:Biology
503:History
459:springs
396:nitrate
389:calcium
521:sewers
436:source
377:sodium
275:Delano
265:Course
233:, and
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