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watershed disappears into a mine pool due to infiltration and reappears in the watershed of Quaker Run. The Scott Ridge Mine Tunnel
Discharge is in the watershed of Quaker Run, as are the Colbert Mine Breach Discharge and the Maysville Mine Borehole Discharge. Most of the stream's flow comes from
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The channel of Quaker Run is flanked by walls in some reaches. Iron precipitate is also caked thickly along the stream. However, a restoration project has restored part of the stream channel and constructed wetlands. The stream was one of the first places in the
Southern and Middle Coal Fields of
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concentration was 260 milligrams per liter (0.26 oz/cu ft). At
Ranshaw, the silica concentration was 12 to 14 milligrams per liter (0.012 to 0.014 oz/cu ft), the sulfate concentration was 190 to 251 milligrams per liter (0.190 to 0.251 oz/cu ft), and the chloride
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Ranshaw and 1.2 milligrams per liter (0.0012 oz/cu ft) and 0.63 milligrams per liter (0.00063 oz/cu ft) near Kulpmont. The
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Kulpmont. It flows southwest for a short distance and crosses Pennsylvania Route 61 before turning west-southwest for more than a mile and entering Mount Carmel Township and a valley. The stream then turns in a westerly direction for a few miles, entering Coal Township and then the
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Cleanup was conducted along the stream and Shamokin Creek in May 1997. In 2014, $ 500,000 in grants was procured to repair the stream's channel. The Northumberland County Conservation District has also received a $ 79,000
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Coal was later mined in the vicinity of Quaker Run by Isaac
Tomlinson in 1810. Coal was also mined near the stream by John Thompson, the area's first mine operator. In the early 1900s, there were several cases for pollution in the stream.
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Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery. Some time ago, in around 1840, the stream was "filled with trout". However, in 1999, there were no fish of any kind in the stream.
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Two concrete stringer/multi-beam or girder bridges were built over Quaker Run in 1913. One is 23.0 feet (7.0 m) long and carries State Route 2019 in Ranshaw. The other is the same length and carries the same road.
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coal was discovered. A few bridges have also been constructed across the stream. The stream's watershed is designated as a coldwater and migratory fishery. It used to have much fish life, but as of 1999, it had none.
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per centimeter at 25 °C (77 °F). Near Kulpmont, the discharge was 2 cubic feet per second (0.057 m/s) and the specific conductance was 619 micro-siemens per centimeter at 25 °C (77 °F). The
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The Wildlife for Everyone Endowment Foundation has carried out a restoration project on Quaker Run in Coal Township. This project has restored 2,000 feet (610 m) of stream and created 3 acres (1.2 ha) of
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In 1790, Isaac Tomlinson discovered black stones in Quaker Run, which flowed through his property. He discovered that it was possible to burn the stones, making him one of the first people to discover
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grant to carry out a feasibility study for restoring the stream. Quaker Run, along with several other local streams, experienced significant stream channel damage during flooding in September 2011. A
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has an area of 3.62 square miles (9.4 km). The stream has one unnamed tributary. Quaker Run is designated as an impaired waterbody due to metals from abandoned mine drainage. Raw
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Quaker Run has a thick layering of iron precipitate along its length. The layering is more thick and solidly packed than in some other nearby streams. Historically, there was a
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in Quaker Run was 8.8 to 10.0 milligrams per liter (0.0088 to 0.0100 oz/cu ft) at Ranshaw and 9.8 milligrams per liter (0.0098 oz/cu ft) near Kulpmont. The
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concentration was 2.6 to 3.4 milligrams per liter (0.0026 to 0.0034 oz/cu ft) at Ranshaw and 3.6 milligrams per liter (0.0036 oz/cu ft) near Kulpmont. The
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The water temperature of Quaker Run in 1999 and 2000 ranged from 11 to 14.5 °C (51.8 to 58.1 °F) at Ranshaw and was 13.5 °C (56.3 °F) near Kulpmont. The
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Quaker Run has no named tributaries, but it does have one unnamed tributary. This tributary is designated as impaired. This stream is locally known as "Dark Run".
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Effects of Abandoned Coal-Mine Drainage on Streamflow and Water Quality in the Shamokin Creek Basin, Northumberland and Columbia Counties, Pennsylvania, 1999-2001
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Quaker Run joins Shamokin Creek 24.68 miles (39.72 km) upstream of its mouth.
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961:Quaker Run, Coal Township, Northumberland County
785:"This place was the pits until it became a park"
299:and reaches its confluence with Shamokin Creek.
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1011:History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
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1077:Shamokin Creek Restoration Alliance,
883:Feature Detail Report for: Quaker Run
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604:List of tributaries of Shamokin Creek
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783:Chester A. Moore (August 14, 1983),
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878:Geographic Names Information System
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231:Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
931:Eric Scicchitano (June 19, 2015),
174:3.62 sq mi (9.4 km)
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665:Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams
456:Geography, geology, and watershed
45:Isaac Tomlinson, a member of the
33:Quaker Run looking downstream in
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847:United States Geological Survey
816:United States Geological Survey
725:United States Geological Survey
671:, November 2, 2001, p. 116
630:United States Geological Survey
503:United States Geological Survey
599:List of rivers of Pennsylvania
464:Iron precipitate on Quaker Run
115: • coordinates
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1186:Tributaries of Shamokin Creek
593:Locust Creek (Shamokin Creek)
384:Nephelometric Turbidity Units
53:Physical characteristics
154: • elevation
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331:North Branch Shamokin Creek
105: • location
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295:. In Ranshaw, it crosses
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282:Quaker Run begins near
249:. The watershed of the
1191:Rivers of Pennsylvania
1103:Coal Township Projects
525:History and recreation
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760:Pennsylvania Bulletin
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212:one unnamed tributary
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363:specific conductance
346:permit to discharge
340:Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
1008:J. J. John (1891),
517:. The community of
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137:40.7840°N 76.5229°W
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184:Progression
140: /
1175:Categories
1161:August 18,
1135:August 18,
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1063:August 18,
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610:References
538:anthracite
507:quadrangle
404:phosphorus
348:stormwater
263:anthracite
219:Quaker Run
171:Basin size
128:76°31′22″W
125:40°47′02″N
22:Quaker Run
1086:August 8,
499:watershed
474:sea level
446:manganese
437:magnesium
432:potassium
380:turbidity
359:discharge
320:siltation
314:Hydrology
233:, in the
223:tributary
42:Etymology
581:See also
557:baseball
515:wetlands
450:aluminum
416:chloride
399:nitrogen
239:Kulpmont
572:Biology
492:channel
441:calcium
420:sulfate
342:has an
293:Ranshaw
35:Ranshaw
485:quarry
478:source
428:sodium
412:silica
352:sewage
270:Course
255:sewage
251:stream
245:, and
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163:Length
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62:Source
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470:mouth
344:NPDES
322:from
221:is a
95:Mouth
16:River
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898:^
880:,
867:^
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818:,
805:^
787:,
775:^
757:,
727:,
714:^
684:^
655:^
632:,
617:^
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372:pH
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241:,
191:→
408:×
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