Tinker Hollow

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Tinker Hollow
Physical characteristics
Main source valley to the east of Tinker Hill in Clifford Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania
1,620 feet (490 m)
River mouth Little Creek in Clifford Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania near Burdick Corners
1,358 feet (414 m)
41°41′48″N75°30′57″W / 41.69671°N 75.51572°W / 41.69671; -75.51572 Coordinates: 41°41′48″N75°30′57″W / 41.69671°N 75.51572°W / 41.69671; -75.51572
Length 1.0 mile (1.6 km)
Basin features
Progression Little Creek → East Branch Tunkhannock Creek → Tunkhannock Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay
Basin size 1.33 square miles (3.4 km2)
Tributaries
  • Right:
    one unnamed tributary

Tinker Hollow is a tributary of Little Creek in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 1.0 mile (1.6 km) long and flows through Clifford Township. The watershed of the stream has an area of 1.33 square miles (3.4 km2). The stream is not designated as an impaired waterbody and has wild trout naturally reproducing within it. The surficial geology in its vicinity includes Wisconsinan Till, alluvium, Wisconsinan Ice-Contact Stratified Drift, bedrock, and a lake.

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.

Clifford Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania Township in Pennsylvania, United States

Clifford Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,408 at the 2010 census.

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Course

Tinker Hollow begins in a valley to the east of Tinker Hill. It flows north-northeast for a few tenths of a mile before turning north-northwest, receiving an unnamed tributary from the right and continuing to flow northwest. Several tenths of a mile further downstream, the stream reaches the end of its valley and reaches its confluence with Little Creek. [1]

Tinker Hollow is approximately 1.0 mile (1.6 km) long. [1] The stream joins Little Creek 0.60 miles (0.97 km) upstream of its mouth. [2]

Hydrology, geography, and geology

The elevation near the mouth of Tinker Hollow is 1,358 feet (414 m) above sea level. [3] The elevation near the stream's source is 1,620 feet (490 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.

River source The starting point of a river

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 alongside Tinker Hollow in its lower and middle reaches mainly consists of alluvium. However, in its upper reaches, it mostly consists of a till known as Wisconsinan Till. There is also a small patch of Wisconsinan Ice-Stratified Drift in the middle reaches and a larger one near the headwaters. The surficial geology on the sides of the valley mainly consists of Wisconsinan Till, with a small lake above the headwaters and one patch of bedrock consisting of sandstone and shale on the Tinker Hill side of the valley.

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.

Till Unsorted glacial sediment

Till or glacial till is unsorted glacial sediment.

Bedrock Lithified rock under the regolith

In geology, bedrock is the lithified rock that lies under a loose softer material called regolith at the surface of the Earth or other terrestrial planets. The broken and weathered regolith includes soil and subsoil. The surface of the bedrock beneath the soil cover is known as rockhead in engineering geology, and its identification by digging, drilling or geophysical methods is an important task in most civil engineering projects. Superficial deposits can be extremely thick, such that the bedrock lies hundreds of meters below the surface.

Tinker Hollow is not designated as an impaired waterbody. [4]

Watershed and biology

The watershed of Tinker Hollow has an area of 1.33 square miles (3.4 km2). [2] The stream is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Clifford. [3] Its mouth is located near Burdick Corners. [3]

A lake known as Coterell Lake is at the headwaters of an unnamed tributary to Tinker Hollow. It has an area of approximately 22 acres (8.9 ha). [1]

Wild trout naturally reproduce in Tinker Hollow from its headwaters downstream to its mouth. [5] The designated use of the stream is aquatic life. [4]

History

The valley of Tinker Hollow was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1189585. [3] The stream does not have an official name of its own, but instead unofficially takes the name of the valley through which it flows. [2]

There is or was a resort community on Lake Coterell, in the watershed of Tinker Hollow. [1] [6]

See also

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 United States Geological Survey, The National Map Viewer , retrieved August 2, 2016
  2. 1 2 3 Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams (PDF), November 2, 2001, pp. 2, 24, retrieved August 2, 2016
  3. 1 2 3 4 Geographic Names Information System, Feature Detail Report for: Tinker Hollow , retrieved August 2, 2016
  4. 1 2 United States Environmental Protection Agency, 2006 Waterbody Report for Tinker Hollow , retrieved August 2, 2016
  5. ↑ Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (July 2016), Pennsylvania Wild Trout Waters (Natural Reproduction) - July 2016 (PDF), p. 87, retrieved August 2, 2016
  6. ↑ Marlene K. Pawlowski (1982), Comprehensive Community Development Plan Herrick Township Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania (PDF), p. 113, retrieved August 2, 2016
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