Oxhorn Run

Oxhorn Run

Oxhorn Run looking upstream near its mouth
Origin edge of a plateau in Davidson Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
Mouth Painter Run in Davidson Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania
41°18′40″N 76°26′27″W / 41.3112°N 76.4408°WCoordinates: 41°18′40″N 76°26′27″W / 41.3112°N 76.4408°W
Length 1.8 mi (2.9 km)
Source elevation between 2,340 and 2,360 feet (710 and 720 m)
Mouth elevation 1,430 ft (440 m)
Basin area 0.87 sq mi (2.3 km2)

Oxhorn Run is a tributary of Painter Run in Sullivan County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 1.8 miles (2.9 km) long and flows through Davidson Township.[1] The watershed of the stream has an area of 0.87 square miles (2.3 km2). The stream is considered to be impaired by atmospheric deposition and pH. Wisconsinan Ice-Conract Stratified Drift, Wisconsinan Till, and bedrock consisting of sandstone and shale occur in its vicinity.

Course

Oxhorn Run looking downstream near its mouth

Oxhorn Run begins on the edge of a plateau in Davidson Township. It flows south-southeast for a short distance before turning east and entering a valley, which progressively deepens. The stream turns southeast after several tenths of a mile and its valley continues to deepen. At the bottom of the valley, it turns east and crosses State Route 2003. Almost immediately afterwards, the stream reaches its confluence with Painter Run.[1]

Oxhorn Run joins Painter Run 0.58 miles (0.93 km) upstream of its mouth.[2]

Hydrology

A total of 1.86 miles (2.99 km) of Oxhorn Run is considered to be impaired. The cause of the impairment is atmospheric deposition and pH. This is approximately 4.57 percent of all impaired stream segments in the Sullivan County portion of the West Branch Fishing Creek and East Branch Fishing Creek watersheds.[3]

The entirety of Oxhorn Run does not attain the stream standards of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection. The stream is the only non-attaining stream in the watershed of Painter Run.[4]

Geography and geology

The elevation near the mouth of Oxhorn Run is 1,430 feet (440 m) above sea level.[5] The elevation of the stream's source is between 2,340 and 2,360 feet (710 and 720 m) above sea level.[1]

A glacial or resedimented till known as the Wisconsinan Till occurs in numerous places throughout the watershed of Oxhorn Run. In the stream's lower reaches, some of the till is underlain by glacial lake clays. Wisconsinan Ice-Conract Stratified Drift and alluvial fan occur in the watershed's lower reaches. The former contains stratified sand and gravel as well as some boulders. The latter contains stratified silt, sand, and gravel with some boulders. Bedrock consisting of sandstone and shale is also found in the watershed.[6]

Watershed

The watershed of Oxhorn Run has an area of 0.87 square miles (2.3 km2).[2] The stream is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Elk Grove.[5]

Oxhorn Run is in the Upper Susquehanna-Lackawanna drainage basin.[7]

History

Oxhorn Run was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1183169.[5]

Oxhorn Run was listed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency as an impaired stream in both 2002 and 2004.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 United States Geological Survey, The National Map Viewer, retrieved January 11, 2015
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams, November 2, 2001, p. 109, retrieved January 11, 2015
  3. ↑ Rod Morehart, Sullivan County's Implementation Plan For the Chesapeake Bay Tributary Strategy, p. 5, retrieved January 11, 2015
  4. ↑ Attaining/Non-Attaining Streams, June 26, 2012, retrieved January 11, 2015
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Geographic Names Information System, Feature Detail Report for: Oxhorn Run, retrieved January 11, 2015
  6. ↑ Duane D. Braun (2007), SURFICIAL GEOLOGY OF THE ELK GROVE 7.5-MINUTE QUADRANGLE SULLIVAN, COLUMBIA, AND LYCOMING COUNTIES, PENNSYLVANIA, p. 20, retrieved January 11, 2015
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 United States Environmental Protection Agency (2004), 2004 Waterbody Report for Oxhorn Run, retrieved January 11, 2015
  8. ↑ United States Environmental Protection Agency (2002), 2002 Waterbody Report for Oxhorn Run, retrieved January 11, 2015