Bilger Run is a 5.05 mi (8.13 km) long 2nd order tributary to Kratzer Run in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania and Kratzer Run's largest and only named tributary. Its watershed accounts for nearly half of the greater Kratzer Run watershed.[6] This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1] Bilger Run has an ID number of 1169617 from the US Board of Geographic Names.[1]
| Bilger Run Tributary to Kratzer Run | |
|---|---|
 Bilger's Rocks | |
  Location of Bilger Run mouth  Bilger Run (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Clearfield |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Bell Run divide |
| • location | about 2 miles southeast of Chestnut Grove, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 41°00′15″N 078°38′01″W / 41.00417°N 78.63361°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,710 ft (520 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 0.25 miles northeast of Stronach, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°58′20″N 078°34′11″W / 40.97222°N 78.56972°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,309 ft (399 m)[3] |
| Length | 5.05 mi (8.13 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 7.22 square miles (18.7 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Kratzer Run |
| • average | 7.22 cu ft/s (0.204 m3/s) at mouth with Kratzer Run[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Kratzer Run → Anderson Creek → West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Susquehanna River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Hughey Run |
| • right | Fenton Run |
| Bridges | Evergreen Road, Bilgers Rocks Road, PA 879 |
Course
editBilger Run rises about 2 miles southeast of Chestnut Grove, Pennsylvania, in an area of wetlands and then flows generally southeast to join Kratzer Run at Stronach. It runs through areas that have been surfaced mined for coal in its upper reaches.[3]
Watershed
editBilger Run drains 7.22 square miles (18.7 km2) of area, receives about 43.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 407.40, and is about 68% forested.[5] Bilger Run is heavily loaded with metals from Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) and contributes a lot to the pollution load of Kratzer Run and then on into Anderson Creek. No fish were found at the sampling station on Bilger Run.[6]
Natural History
editBilger Run drains parts of the Anderson Creek Montgomery Creek LCA and is also the location of Bilger Rocks BDA. The LCA is noted for providing contiguous forested habitat for interior forest species, while the BDA provides habitat for a species of rare plant.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "GNIS Detail - Bilger Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ a b c "Bilger Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
- ^ a b "Anderson Creek Watershed Assessment, Restoration and Implementation Plan" (PDF). Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ^ "Clearfield County Natural Heritage Inventory" (PDF). Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
Watershed Maps
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