Yankee Run

Yankee Run
Etymology Benjamin Strawbridge, a Yankee
Basin
Progression Rapid Run → Buffalo Creek → West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay
Main source valley in a mountain in Miles Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania
Source elevation between 1,780 and 1,800 feet (540 and 550 m)
River mouth Rapid Run in Miles Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania
40°59′06″N 77°13′33″W / 40.9851°N 77.2257°W / 40.9851; -77.2257Coordinates: 40°59′06″N 77°13′33″W / 40.9851°N 77.2257°W / 40.9851; -77.2257
Mouth elevation 1,594 ft (486 m)
Basin area 0.83 sq mi (2.1 km2)
Length 1.0 mi (1.6 km)
Tributaries
  • Right:
    one unnamed tributary

Yankee Run is a tributary of Rapid Run in Centre County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 1.0 mile (1.6 km) long and flows through Miles Township.[1] The watershed of the stream has an area of 0.83 square miles (2.1 km2). It is a small stream and is named after Benjamin Strawbridge. Wild trout naturally reproduce within it.

Course

Yankee Run begins in a valley in a mountain in Miles Township. It flows west-southwest through the valley for several tenths of a mile before turning south. The stream receives a very short unnamed tributary from the right and enters a much larger valley, where it crosses Pennsylvania Route 192. A short distance further downstream, it reaches its confluence with Rapid Run.[1]

Yankee Run joins Rapid Run 13.34 miles (21.47 km) upstream of its mouth.[2]

Tributaries

Yankee Run has no named tributaries.[1] However, it does have an unnamed tributary, which joins Yankee Run 0.39 miles (0.63 km) upstream of its mouth.[3]

Geography and geology

The elevation near the mouth of Yankee Run is 1,594 feet (486 m) above sea level.[4] The elevation of the stream's mouth is between 1,780 and 1,800 feet (540 and 550 m) above sea level.[1]

Yankee Run is located to the south of McCall Mountain and to the east of Hough Mountain.[5] The stream is located near the Brush Valley Narrows. It was described in John Blair Linn's book History of Centre and Clinton Counties as a "little stream".[6]

Watershed and biology

The watershed of Yankee Run has an area of 0.83 square miles (2.1 km2).[2] The stream is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Hartleton.[4]

Wild trout naturally reproduce in Yankee Run from its headwaters downstream to its mouth.[7] Additionally, its unnamed tributary is being considered for wild trout designation.[3]

History

Yankee Run was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1191857.[4] Rapid Run, which Yankee Run is a tributary of, is also known as Yankee Run in some sources.[8]

Benjamin Strawbridge, an early settler in the Brush Valley, settled in the vicinity of Yankee Run after inhabiting a number of places in the valley. The stream is named after Strawbridge, who, is described as a Yankee in John Blair Linn's book History of Centre and Clinton Counties.[6]

The unnamed tributary to Yankee Run was surveyed by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission on July 16, 2013.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 United States Geological Survey, The National Map Viewer, retrieved August 2, 2015
  2. 1 2 Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams (PDF), November 2, 2001, p. 154, retrieved July 27, 2015
  3. 1 2 3 Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Streams Being Considered for Wild Trout Designation, retrieved August 2, 2015
  4. 1 2 3 Geographic Names Information System, Feature Detail Report for: Yankee Run, retrieved August 2, 2015
  5. ↑ United States Geological Survey (1977), Miles Township, retrieved August 2, 2015
  6. 1 2 John Blair Linn, History of Centre and Clinton Counties, p. 365, retrieved August 2, 2015
  7. ↑ Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (May 2015), Pennsylvania Wild Trout Waters (Natural Reproduction) - May 2015 (PDF), p. 16, retrieved August 2, 2015
  8. ↑ Geographic Names Information System, Feature Detail Report for: Rapid Run, retrieved August 2, 2015
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