Tributaries of Fishing Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River tributary) facts for kids
Fishing Creek is a stream about 30 miles (48 kilometers) long in Columbia County, Pennsylvania. It flows into the Susquehanna River. Many smaller streams, called tributaries, flow into Fishing Creek. Think of them as smaller branches joining a main river.
The area of land that drains into Fishing Creek is called its watershed, and it covers about 385 square miles (997 square kilometers). Two of the biggest tributaries, Little Fishing Creek and Huntington Creek, make up almost half of this watershed!
There are 17 named tributaries that flow directly into the main part of Fishing Creek. These include nine creeks, three runs, one brook, and four hollows.
Main Streams Joining Fishing Creek
Here are some of the main streams that flow into Fishing Creek:
- Montour Run joins Fishing Creek very close to its end, about 0.72 miles from where Fishing Creek meets the Susquehanna River. Its watershed is 4.62 square miles.
- Hemlock Creek is a bit further up, at 1.52 miles. Its watershed is 16.5 square miles.
- Little Fishing Creek is a major tributary, joining at 3.86 miles. It has a large watershed of 68.1 square miles.
- Stony Brook flows in at 8.1 miles from the mouth of Fishing Creek. Its watershed is 3.72 square miles.
- Deerlick Run joins at 9.45 miles, with a watershed of 6.1 square miles.
- Green Creek meets Fishing Creek at 10.84 miles. It has a watershed of 36.8 square miles.
- Huntington Creek is another very large tributary, joining at 15.1 miles. Its watershed is huge, at 114 square miles.
- Raven Creek joins at 18.62 miles, with a watershed of 11.9 square miles.
- West Creek flows in at 21.72 miles. Its watershed is 17.2 square miles.
- Coles Creek joins Fishing Creek at 26.34 miles. Its watershed is 11.9 square miles.
- East Branch Fishing Creek and West Branch Fishing Creek are the two "branches" that come together to form the main Fishing Creek. They join at 29.98 miles. The East Branch has a watershed of 19.3 square miles, and the West Branch has a watershed of 32.9 square miles.
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Other smaller streams that join the main Fishing Creek include:
- Creasy Hollow (15.72 miles, 1.3 sq mi)
- Bee Sellers Hollow (17.26 miles, 1.58 sq mi)
- Davis Hollow (20.78 miles, 0.8 sq mi)
- Karnes Hollow (20.9 miles, 0.9 sq mi)
- Culley Run (21.16 miles, 1.45 sq mi)
Streams Joining Other Streams
Just like smaller streams join Fishing Creek, even smaller streams, called sub-tributaries, join those streams! It's like a tree with many branches and twigs.
Streams Joining Hemlock Creek
Hemlock Creek has two main sub-tributaries:
- Frozen Run (2.26 miles from Hemlock Creek's mouth, 3.55 sq mi watershed)
- West Hemlock Creek (3.02 miles, 2.8 sq mi watershed)
Streams Joining Little Fishing Creek
Little Fishing Creek has several streams flowing into it:
- Spruce Run (5.87 miles from Little Fishing Creek's mouth, 9.80 sq mi watershed)
- West Branch Run (11.16 miles, 10.20 sq mi watershed)
- Lick Run (12.02 miles, 4.40 sq mi watershed)
- Wolfhouse Run (13.28 miles, 2.03 sq mi watershed)
- Devil Hole Run
- Little Brier Run (18.90 miles, 2.62 sq mi watershed)
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Streams Joining Green Creek
Green Creek has these sub-tributaries:
- Mud Run (3.06 miles from Green Creek's mouth, 13.3 sq mi watershed)
- Rickard Hollow (3.56 miles, 2.22 sq mi watershed)
- Little Green Creek (4.16 miles, 5.01 sq mi watershed)
Streams Joining Huntington Creek
Huntington Creek, being a large tributary itself, has many streams flowing into it:
- Pine Creek (4.26 miles from Huntington Creek's mouth, 30.7 sq mi watershed)
- Kingsbury Brook (6.08 miles, 1.27 sq mi watershed)
- Rogers Creek (12.9 miles, 7.1 sq mi watershed)
- Marshall Hollow (15.12 miles)
- Kitchen Creek (16.02 miles, 20.1 sq mi watershed)
- Phillips Creek (19.12 miles, 5.54 sq mi watershed)
- Lick Branch (19.64 miles, 2.34 sq mi watershed)
- Arnold Creek (21.18 miles, 4.72 sq mi watershed)
- Shingle Run (22.18 miles, 1.83 sq mi watershed)
- Laurel Run (22.82 miles, 1.29 sq mi watershed)
- Mitchler Run (23.5 miles, 1.52 sq mi watershed)
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Streams Joining Coles Creek
Coles Creek also has several smaller streams:
- Hess Hollow (2.06 miles from Coles Creek's mouth, 1.25 sq mi watershed)
- Fallow Hollow (2.54 miles, 0.96 sq mi watershed)
- Ashelman Run (3.54 miles, 0.57 sq mi watershed)
- Marsh Run (4.48 miles, 0.44 sq mi watershed)
- Chimneystack Run (4.70 miles, 1.07 sq mi watershed)
Streams Joining East Branch Fishing Creek
The East Branch of Fishing Creek has its own set of tributaries:
- Blackberry Run (3.08 miles from East Branch's mouth, 1.91 sq mi watershed)
- Trout Run (3.60 miles, 0.62 sq mi watershed)
- Lead Run (4.12 miles, 0.82 sq mi watershed)
- Heberly Run (4.50 miles, 6.42 sq mi watershed)
- Big Run (1.38 sq mi watershed)
- Sullivan Branch
Streams Joining Heberly Run
Heberly Run, a tributary of East Branch Fishing Creek, has its own smaller streams:
- Quinn Run (1.40 miles from Heberly Run's mouth, 2.31 sq mi watershed)
- Meeker Run (2.93 miles, 0.41 sq mi watershed)
- Shanty Run (0.48 miles, 0.67 sq mi watershed)
Streams Joining Sullivan Branch
Sullivan Branch, another tributary of East Branch Fishing Creek, also has smaller streams:
- Pigeon Run (0.78 sq mi watershed)
- Hunts Run (0.40 sq mi watershed)
- Ore Run (0.78 sq mi watershed)
