Dennison Fork (Fish Dam Run tributary)

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Dennison Fork
Tributary to Fish Dam Run
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Dennison Fork (Fish Dam Run tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
County Clinton
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide of East Branch Big Run and Swamp Branch
  locationabout 6 miles south-southwest of Renovo, Pennsylvania
  coordinates 41°14′4.24″N077°47′3.96″W / 41.2345111°N 77.7844333°W / 41.2345111; -77.7844333 [1]
  elevation2,070 ft (630 m) [1]
Mouth Fish Dam Run
  location
about 6 miles southwest of Renovo, Pennsylvania
  coordinates
41°15′2.24″N077°50′12.97″W / 41.2506222°N 77.8369361°W / 41.2506222; -77.8369361 [1]
  elevation
1,037 ft (316 m) [1]
Length3.03 mi (4.88 km) [2]
Basin size3.08 square miles (8.0 km2) [3]
Discharge 
  location Fish Dam Run
  average5.24 cu ft/s (0.148 m3/s) at mouth with Fish Dam Run [3]
Basin features
Progression Fish Dam RunWest Branch Susquehanna RiverSusquehanna RiverChesapeake BayAtlantic Ocean
River system West Branch Susquehanna River
Tributaries 
  leftunnamed tributaries
  rightunnamed tributaries
Bridgesnone

Dennison Fork is a stream located northwest of Lock Haven, about 6.9 miles from Renovo in Noyes Township, Pennsylvania, in the United States. [4] The stream is located south east of Cooks Run. [4] The Dennison Fork branches off from the Fish Dam Run stream, which branches off from the south side of the West Branch Susquehanna River.

The Dennison Fork is located along the Chuck Keiper Trail within the Sproul State Forest. [5]

On May 31, 1985, a tornado ripped through North Central Pennsylvania. As a result, over 8,000 acres of forest land in the Sproul State Forest was flattened. The Dennison Fork Trail, located on the Chuck Keiper Trail was damaged severely. As a result, the trail in this area has been relocated. [5] The only access to the Chuck Keiper Trail is via Pennsylvania Route 144, through the vastly underpopulated and lonely plateau between Renovo and Snow Shoe, Pennsylvania.

The Dennison Fork was most likely named after the Dennison family that settled and resided in Clinton County, Pennsylvania as early as the 1840s. The Dennison family moved between Leidy, Keating and Noyes Townships in Clinton County, but maintained possession of a parcel of land on the banks of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Noyes Township, known as the Dennison tract. [6]

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