Stony Fork Creek

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Stony Fork
Creek
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Along Stony Fork Road
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Tioga County
Sourceconfluence of the creek's east and west branches
 - location Tioga State Forest northwest of Morris, Tioga County
 - elevation1,208 ft (368 m) [1]
 - coordinates 41°37′13″N77°22′08″W / 41.62028°N 77.36889°W / 41.62028; -77.36889   [2]
Mouth Babb Creek
 - locationnear Pennsylvania Route 414 east of Blackwell
 - elevation1,201 ft (366 m) [2]
 - coordinates 41°34′21″N77°20′15″W / 41.57250°N 77.33750°W / 41.57250; -77.33750 Coordinates: 41°34′21″N77°20′15″W / 41.57250°N 77.33750°W / 41.57250; -77.33750   [2]
Length4.1 mi (6.6 km)
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Location of the mouth of Stony Fork in Pennsylvania

Stony Fork Creek (shown as Stony Fork on federal maps [2] ) is a 4.1-mile-long (6.6 km) [3] tributary of Babb Creek in Tioga County, Pennsylvania in the United States. [4]

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.

Babb Creek creek in Pennsylvania, United States

Babb Creek is a 21.7-mile-long (34.9 km) tributary of Pine Creek in Pennsylvania in the United States.

Tioga County, Pennsylvania county in Pennsylvania, United States

Tioga County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the population was 41,981. Its county seat is Wellsboro. The county was created on March 26, 1804, from part of Lycoming County and later organized in 1812. It is named for the Tioga River.

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Course

Stony Fork begins at the confluence of its east and west branches in the Tioga State Forest northwest of Morris. It flows south, receiving Black Run and Roland Run, both from the left. Stony Fork Road follows the entire length of the stream. [5]

Tioga State Forest

Tioga State Forest is a Pennsylvania State Forest in District #16, in the Allegheny Plateau region within Tioga County, Pennsylvania.

Morris, Pennsylvania Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States

Morris is an unincorporated community in Morris Township, Tioga County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It lies at the junction of Pennsylvania Route 414 and Pennsylvania Route 287 between Williamsport and Wellsboro. Babb Creek, a tributary of Pine Creek, flows through Morris.

Stony Fork merges with Babb Creek near the unincorporated community of Doane, along Pennsylvania Route 414 between Morris and Blackwell. Babb Creek is a tributary of Pine Creek, a tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River. [5]

Unincorporated area Region of land not governed by own local government

In law, an unincorporated area is a region of land that is not governed by a local municipal corporation; similarly an unincorporated community is a settlement that is not governed by its own local municipal corporation, but rather is administered as part of larger administrative divisions, such as a township, parish, borough, county, city, canton, state, province or country. Occasionally, municipalities dissolve or disincorporate, which may happen if they become fiscally insolvent, and services become the responsibility of a higher administration. Widespread unincorporated communities and areas are a distinguishing feature of the United States and Canada. In most other countries of the world, there are either no unincorporated areas at all, or these are very rare; typically remote, outlying, sparsely populated or uninhabited areas.

Pennsylvania Route 414 highway in Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania Route 414 is a 79.4-mile-long (127.8 km) state highway located in Lycoming, Tioga, and Bradford Counties in Pennsylvania. The western terminus is at PA 44 in Waterville. The eastern terminus is at US 220 in Monroe. The first leg of the highway, between its intersection with PA 44 in Waterville and Blackwell is very narrow and rugged.

Blackwell, Pennsylvania Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, United States

Blackwell is an unincorporated community in Morris Township, Tioga County, in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It lies about 6 miles (10 km) southwest of Morris and about 6 miles (10 km) north of Cedar Run along Pennsylvania Route 414. Babb Creek enters Pine Creek at Blackwell, in the Pine Creek Gorge. The Pine Creek Rail Trail passes through Blackwell.

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References

  1. ↑ Source elevation derived from Google Earth search using GNIS source coordinates.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Stony Fork". Geographic Names Information System (GNIS). United States Geological Survey. August 2, 1979. Retrieved September 14, 2012.
  3. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011
  4. ↑ Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN   0-9749692-0-6
  5. 1 2 Pennsylvania Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. 2009. p. 25. ISBN   978-0-89933-280-2.
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