Nine Partners Creek

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Nine Partners Creek
Other name(s) Leslie Creek
Etymology association of early settlers who came from Connecticut
Physical characteristics
Main source small unnamed pond on a hill in New Milford Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
1,615 feet (492 m) above sea level
River mouth Tunkhannock Creek in Lenox Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania near East Lenox
869 feet (265 m) above sea level
41°42′42″N75°40′16″W / 41.71162°N 75.67122°W / 41.71162; -75.67122 Coordinates: 41°42′42″N75°40′16″W / 41.71162°N 75.67122°W / 41.71162; -75.67122
Length 10 miles (16 km)
Basin features
Progression Tunkhannock Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay
Tributaries

Nine Partners Creek (also known as Leslie Creek) is a tributary of Tunkhannock Creek in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 10 miles (16 km) long and flows through New Milford Township, Harford Township, and Lenox Township. The watershed of the creek has an area of 38.6 square miles (100 km2). The creek has two named tributaries: Butler Creek and Leslie Creek. The surficial geology in the vicinity of Nine Partners Creek includes Wisconsinan Till, alluvium, bedrock, alluvial fan, and wetlands. The creek's drainage basin is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery.

Tributary stream or river that flows into a main stem river or lake

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean.

Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania County in the United States

Susquehanna County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 43,356. Its county seat is Montrose. The county was created on February 21, 1810, from part of Luzerne County and later organized in 1812. It is named for the Susquehanna River.

New Milford Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Township in Pennsylvania, United States

New Milford Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,042 at the 2010 census. Children living in New Milford Township are served by the schools in the Blue Ridge School District, including Blue Ridge High School.

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Course

Nine Partners Creek begins in a small unnamed pond on a hill in New Milford Township. It flows east-northeast for a few tenths of a mile before passing through Hunt Lake, and then turns south. After a few tenths of a mile, the creek turns southeast for more than a mile, entering Harford Township. Here, it turns south-southeast for several tenths of a mile before beginning to flow south alongside Interstate 81, crossing Pennsylvania Route 547 and receiving the tributary Leslie Creek from the right. After a few miles, it flows south-southeast for more than a mile before turning south again. Several tenths of a mile further downstream, the creek receives the tributary Butler Creek from the left and enters Lenox Township. Here, it continues flowing south for several tenths of a mile before turning south-southeast. Several tenths of a mile further downstream, the creek crosses Pennsylvania Route 92 and reaches its confluence with Tunkhannock Creek. [1]

Interstate 81 Interstate through Appalachian Mountains

Interstate 81 (I-81) is a north–south Interstate Highway in the eastern part of the United States. Its southern terminus is at I-40 in Dandridge, Tennessee; its northern terminus is on Wellesley Island at the Canadian border, where the Thousand Islands Bridge connects it to Highway 401, the main Ontario freeway connecting Detroit via Toronto to Montreal. The major metropolitan areas that I-81 connects to include Harrisburg in Pennsylvania and Syracuse in New York.

Pennsylvania Route 547 highway in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Route 547 (PA 547) is an 11-mile-long (18 km) state highway located in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania. The southern terminus is at U.S. Route 11 in Harford Township. The northern terminus is at Route 492 in Jackson Township.

Pennsylvania Route 92 highway in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Route 92 is a 66-mile-long (106 km) north–south state highway located in northeast Pennsylvania. The southern terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 11 in West Pittston. The northern terminus is at the New York-Pennsylvania border in Oakland Township, where PA 92 continues northward as New York State Route 79 (NY 79).

Nine Partners Creek is approximately 10 miles (16 km) long. [1] The creek joins Tunkhannock Creek 26.39 miles (42.47 km) upstream of its mouth. [2]

Tributaries

Nine Partners Creek has two named tributaries: Butler Creek and Leslie Creek. [1] Butler Creek joins Nine Partners Creek 1.40 miles (2.25 km) upstream of its mouth, within 1 mile (1.6 km) of Harding Corners, and drains an area of 20.8 square miles (54 km2). Leslie Creek joins Nine Partners Creek 4.48 miles (7.21 km) upstream of its mouth, within 1 mile (1.6 km) of Lenox, and drains an area of 4.59 square miles (11.9 km2). [2]

Geography and geology

The elevation near the mouth of Nine Partners Creek is 869 feet (265 m) above sea level. [3] The elevation near the creek's source is 1,615 feet (492 m) above sea level. [1]

River mouth end of a river

A river mouth is the part of a river where the river debouches into another river, a lake, a reservoir, a sea, or an ocean.

Sea level Average level for the surface of the ocean at any given geographical position on the planetary surface

Mean sea level (MSL) is an average level of the surface of one or more of Earth's oceans from which heights such as elevation may be measured. MSL is a type of vertical datum – a standardised geodetic datum – that is used, for example, as a chart datum in cartography and marine navigation, or, in aviation, as the standard sea level at which atmospheric pressure is measured to calibrate altitude and, consequently, aircraft flight levels. A common and relatively straightforward mean sea-level standard is the midpoint between a mean low and mean high tide at a particular location.

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The source or headwaters of a river or stream is the furthest place in that river or stream from its estuary or confluence with another river, as measured along the course of the river.

The surficial geology inside the valley of Nine Partners Creek in its lower reaches mainly consists of alluvium and fill, although there is a small patch of alluvial fan. The sides of the valley have surficial geology containing a till known as Wisconsinan Till and bedrock consisting of sandstone and shale. [4] Further upstream the surficial geology is similar, but with two more alluvial fan patches and a wetland patch. Along the uppermost reaches of the creek, includes Wisconsinan Till (especially at the headwaters) and alluvium, as well as small patches of alluvial fan and wetland. [5]

Alluvium Loose soil or sediment that is eroded and redeposited in a non-marine setting

Alluvium is loose, unconsolidated soil or sediment that has been eroded, reshaped by water in some form, and redeposited in a non-marine setting. Alluvium is typically made up of a variety of materials, including fine particles of silt and clay and larger particles of sand and gravel. When this loose alluvial material is deposited or cemented into a lithological unit, or lithified, it is called an alluvial deposit.

Cut and fill

In earthmoving, cut and fill is the process of constructing a railway, road or canal whereby the amount of material from cuts roughly matches the amount of fill needed to make nearby embankments, so minimizing the amount of construction labor.

Alluvial fan A fan- or cone-shaped deposit of sediment crossed and built up by streams

Alluvial fans are triangular-shaped deposits of water-transported material, often referred to as alluvium. They are an example of an unconsolidated sedimentary deposit and tend to be larger and more prominent in arid to semi-arid regions. These alluvial fans typically form in elevated or even mountainous regions where there is a rapid change in slope from a high to low gradient. The river or stream carrying the sediment flows at a relatively high velocity due to the high slope angle which is why coarse material is able to remain in the flow. When the slope decreases rapidly into a relatively plain or plateau, the stream loses the energy it needs to move its sediment. Deposition subsequently occurs and the sediment ultimately spreads out, creating an alluvial fan. Three primary zones occur within an alluvial fan which includes the proximal fan, medial fan, and the distal fan.

Nine Partners Creek has been described as a "small creek". [6] Some sources describe the creek as flowing into Leslie Creek, which is one of its tributaries. [7] [1]

Watershed

The watershed of Nine Partners Creek has an area of 38.6 square miles (100 km2). [2] The mouth of the creek is in the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Lenoxville. However, its source is in the quadrangle of Harford. [3] The creek's mouth is located near East Lenox. [2]

A natural lake known as Hunt Lake is located in Nine Partners Creek. It has an area of 18 acres (7.3 ha) and is located in New Milford Township. Other lakes in the creek's watershed, on tributaries of the creek, include the 35.9-acre (14.5 ha) Tyler Lake and the 42.3-acre (17.1 ha) Tingley Lake. [8]

Interstate 81 is located in the vicinity of Nine Partners Creek. The reach of the highway running in the creek's vicinity was built in the 1960s. [7]

History

Nine Partners Creek was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1182461. The creek is also known as Leslie Creek. [3] This variant name appears in a 1981 map of Susquehanna County from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation. [9] However, in the 1960s, it was found that all locals who were asked referred to the creek as Nine Partners Creek. [10]

Nine Partners Creek receives its name from an association of early settlers who came from Connecticut. [6]

Biology

The drainage basin of Nine Partners Creek is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery. [11]

In 2005, one of a number of brook trout released into Tunkhannock Creek to study trout movement made its way 7.5 miles (12.1 km) downstream to go up Nine Partners Creek as far as the tributary Butler Creek. This was the only occurrence of a trout entering a tributary stream during the study. [12] Fishing can be done in the creek. [13]

In the upper part of the Nine Partners Creek watershed, 65.4 percent of the watersheds have a Habitat Quality Index (the maximum probability of finding brook trout in a zero-stress situation) of at least 0.50. [14]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 United States Geological Survey, The National Map Viewer , retrieved July 9, 2016
  2. 1 2 3 4 Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams (PDF), November 2, 2001, pp. 43, 85, 105, retrieved July 23, 2016
  3. 1 2 3 Geographic Names Information System, Feature Detail Report for: Nine Partners Creek , retrieved July 9, 2016
  4. ↑ Duane D. Braun (2007), Surficial geology of the Lenoxville 7.5-minute quadrangle, Susquehanna, Lackawanna, and Wyoming Counties, Pennsylvania, p. 14, retrieved July 22, 2016
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  6. 1 2 Sherman Day (1843), Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania, p. 621
  7. 1 2 David G. Lappin (1968), PA_1182461_002_Nine Partners Creek_frm_1968.pdf , retrieved July 20, 2016
  8. ↑ Pennsylvania Water Supply Commission (1917), Water Resources Inventory Report ...: Act of July 25, 1913, Part 4, pp. 104, 179, 185
  9. ↑ Geographic Names Information System, Variant Citation , retrieved July 9, 2016
  10. ↑ David G. Lappin (1968), PA_1182461_001_Nine Partners Creek_frm_1968.pdf , retrieved July 22, 2016
  11. ↑ §93.9i Drainage List I Susquehanna River Basin in Pennsylvania Susquehanna River (PDF), Independent Regulatory Review Commission, p. 45, retrieved July 19, 2016
  12. ↑ Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (Spring 2005), Radio Telemetry Update Susquehanna and Bradford Counties Spring 2005 , retrieved July 19, 2016
  13. ↑ Recreation , retrieved July 19, 2016
  14. ↑ Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement Brook Trout Management Strategy , retrieved July 20, 2016
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