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Roaring Run has two named tributaries: Newton Run and South Branch
Roaring Run. Newton Run joins Roaring Run 0.42 miles (0.68 km) upstream of its mouth and drains an area of 2.55 square miles (6.6 km). South Branch Roaring Run joins Roaring Run 2.34 miles (3.77 km) upstream of its
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Forkston Township. It flows south through its valley for several tenths of a mile before turning south-southeast. The stream continues flowing through its deep valley in this direction for more than a mile before receiving South Branch Roaring Run, its first named tributary, from the
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Roaring Run upstream of the tributary South Branch Roaring Run is 10 milligrams per liter (0.0100 oz/cu ft). Downstream of South Branch Roaring Run, the concentration increases to 11 milligrams per liter (0.011 oz/cu ft).
267:. It has two named tributaries: Newton Run and South Branch Roaring Run. The watershed of Roaring Run has an area of 11.4 square miles (30 km). It is designated as a High-Quality Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery and the stream is
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naturally reproduce in the stream from its headwaters downstream to its mouth. From its headwaters downstream to the confluence of South Branch
Roaring Run, a distance of approximately 2.6 miles (4.2 km), Roaring Run is designated by the
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271:. The surficial geology in its vicinity consists of alluvium, alluvial terrace, alluvial fan, bedrock, Wisconsinan Till, and Wisconsinan Ice-Contact Stratified Drift. A bridge carrying
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on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the
Geographic Names Information System is 1199392. The stream is also known as Roaring Creek.
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Roaring Run was built in 1939. This bridge is 49.9 feet (15.2 m) long and is located in Monroe Township.
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The drainage basin of
Roaring Run is designated as a High-Quality Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery. Wild
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Surficial geology of the Noxen 7.5-minute quadrangle, Wyoming and
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Roaring Run has an area of 11.4 square miles (30 km). The stream is entirely within the
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BOWMAN'S CREEK WATERSHED ACT 167 STORMWATER MANAGEMENT PLAN WYOMING COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA
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Roaring Run joins Bowman Creek 8.49 miles (13.66 km) upstream of its mouth.
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History of Luzerne, Lackawanna, and Wyoming Counties, Pa: With Illustrations ...
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Roaring Run is the only wild brook trout/rainbow trout fishery in Pennsylvania.
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of Noxen. Part of it is approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) from the village of
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to remain on the south side of its valley. This causes Bowman Creek to cut into
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is between 1,960 and 1,980 feet (597 and 604 m) above sea level.
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Roaring Run is one of the major tributaries of Bowman Creek.
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mouth and drains an area of 3.31 square miles (8.6 km).
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Bowman Creek in Monroe Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
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to repair it and four other stream channels in the area.
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Susquehanna Watershed – State Water Plan – Pennsylvania
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Roaring Run looking upstream in its lower reaches from
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Wyoming County Planning Commission (June 30, 2000),
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Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
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466:A concrete
315:Tributaries
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203:Tributaries
188:Progression
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33:Roaring Run
936:Categories
550:References
461:steam mill
424:quadrangle
330:alkalinity
217:Newton Run
175:Basin size
132:76°01′42″W
129:41°27′27″N
417:watershed
411:Watershed
382:sandstone
347:sea level
324:Hydrology
245:tributary
521:See also
483:flooding
468:tee beam
428:Forkston
397:sediment
395:Period,
393:Holocene
362:alluvium
493:Biology
479:channel
448:History
405:bedrock
401:channel
391:In the
378:bedrock
243:) is a
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279:Course
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167:Length
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499:trout
439:Noxen
386:shale
343:mouth
298:right
99:Mouth
27:River
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