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Sechler Run

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The watershed of Sechler Run has an area of 7.6 square miles. Most of the land in the watershed is agricultural land. However, there is forested land in the southern part of the watershed and developed land in the eastern part of the watershed. There are 18.16 miles (29.23 km) of streams in the
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Blizzards Run is the only named tributary of Sechler Run. It is 1.38 miles (2.22 km) long. It flows under two railroads in Danville and reaches its confluence with Sechler Run near where the Danville Structural Tubing Company's plant stood in the early 1900s.
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was located near Sechler Run. The Hanover Brewing Company was located in the Blizzards Run sub-watershed, east of Danville. In the early 1900s, eight residencies on Church Street in Danville discharged water from their
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have been observed in Sechler Run. This indicates relatively high water quality. However, the lower reaches of the stream do not contain many habitats for fish and none are found in this part of the stream.
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Most of the soil in the watershed belongs to the Berks-Weikert-Beddington soil series. However, the lower reaches of the watershed have the Chenango-Pope-Holly soil series.
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in Danville, sometimes with concrete. The water temperature on the stream in this location is warm, but the waters are cooler in the upper reaches of it.
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Decision Rationale Total Maximum Daily Loads of Sediment and Phosphorus Mahoning Creek Watershed Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania
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Sechler Run is narrower in its upper reaches than it is in its lower reaches. The width of the stream is less than 30 feet (9.1 m).
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Annual Report of the Commissioner of Fisheries to the Secretary of Commerce for the Fiscal Year Ended ..., Issues 837-838
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Full text of "Danville, Montour County, Pennsylvania : a collection of historical and biographical sketches"
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inhabit holding water in the upper reaches of Sechler Run, as do smaller numbers of smallmouths.
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A. Joseph Armstrong described Sechler Run in Danville as "on the whole uninviting" in his book
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There are a number of entities classified as "disturbances" on Sechler Run. 34.22 percent are
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after some distance. In Danville, the stream crosses U.S. Route 11 again and then crosses
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Rock formations in the southernmost reaches of the watershed of Sechler Run include the
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in the watershed of Sechler Run. These include multiflora rose, Japanese barberry,
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plants inhabit the lower reaches of Sechler Run in Danville. There is a small
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Eight species of birds live in the vicinity of Sechler Run. These species are
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Montour County Implementation Plan For The Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy
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St. Cyril kindergartners test water speed, uncover critters in Sechler's Run
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and then sent into Mahoning Creek. This pumping station was built in 1988.
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The state of Pennsylvania has a flood protection project on Sechler Run.
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The elevation of Sechler Run at its mouth is 459 feet (140 m) above
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into the stream. Historically, the stream was one border of Danville.
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Mulberry Street in Danville can be affected by Sechler Run when it
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MAHONING CREEK WATERSHED TMDL Northumberland and Montour Counties
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Pennsylvania Science Office of The Nature Conservancy (2005),
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Sechler Run has a relatively high level of plant and animal
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Trout Unlimited's Guide to Pennsylvania Limestone Streams
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The waters of Sechler Run are sometimes diverted to a
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from the Susquehanna River can also flood the stream.
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Jennifer Clark; Will Tumbusch; Mel Zimmerman (2004),
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Mouth
Susquehanna River
Chesapeake Bay
Blizzards Run
Mahoning Creek
Montour County, Pennsylvania
Blizzards Run

Cooper Township
Ridgeville
Mahoning Township
U.S. Route 11
Danville
Pennsylvania Route 54

sea level
channelized
Trimmers Rock Formation
Hamilton Group
Bloomsburg and Mifflintown Formation
Wills Creek Formation
Onondaga/Old Port Formation
Keyser and Tonoloway Formation
Clinton Group
erosion
deposition bars
riprap
tributaries
concrete

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