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Lycoming County. The watershed of the creek has an area of 4.33 square miles (11.2 km). The creek has one named tributary, which is known as West Creek. The surficial geology in the vicinity of West Branch Little Muncy Creek includes alluvium, bedrock, fill, Wisconsinan and Reworked Illinoian
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occurs in the surficial geology further upstream, and there are a few patches of it near the creek's lower reaches as well. In areas with shale bedrock, this till's matrix is clayey silt, while in areas with sandstone bedrock, it is clayey sand. There are
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West Branch Little Muncy Creek has one named tributary, which is known as West Creek. West Creek joins West Branch Little Muncy Creek 1.36 miles (2.19 km) upstream of its mouth, near
Biggerstown, and drains an area of 1.56 square miles (4.0 km).
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West Branch Little Muncy Creek is designated as a
Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery. Although the creek's designated use is Coldwater Fishery and Migratory Fishery, its existing use is Exceptional Value and Migratory Fishery, as of 2012.
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Till, Wisconsinan Till, Wisconsinan Flow-Till, Wisconsinan Till
Moraine, and Boulder Colluvium. The creek designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery and is being considered for addition to the wild
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West Branch Little Muncy Creek begins on
Huckleberry Mountain in Davidson Township, Sullivan County. It flows southwest for several tenths of a mile, entering Franklin Township, Lycoming County and crossing
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before turning southeast. After a few tenths of a mile, it turns south-southeast, entering Jordan
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before turning south-southeast. The creek flows in this direction for several tenths of a mile along
Pennsylvania Route 42, passing through a
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of West Branch Little Muncy Creek has an area of 4.33 square miles (11.2 km). The creek is entirely within the
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West Branch Little Muncy Creek joins Little Muncy Creek 19.35 miles (31.14 km) upstream of its mouth.
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pipeline would cross West Branch Little Muncy Creek and numerous other streams in the area.
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Geographic Names Information System is 1190913.
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