Wolffs Run is a tributary of Stony Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania.[1] It is approximately 0.4 miles (0.64 km) long and flows through Hazle Township.[2] The watershed of the stream has an area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2). A reservoir known as the Humboldt Reservoir is located on it. The reservoir serves as a water supply and is dammed by the Humboldt Dam.
| Wolffs Run | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | southeastern edge of the Humboldt Reservoir in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |
| • elevation | between 1,760 and 1,780 feet (540 and 540 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Stony Creek in Hazle Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |
• elevation | 1,715 ft (523 m) |
| Length | 0.4 mi (0.64 km) |
| Basin size | 0.6 sq mi (1.6 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Stony Creek → Black Creek → Nescopeck Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay |
Course
editWolffs Run begins on the southeastern edge of the Humboldt Reservoir, at the Humboldt Dam in Hazle Township. It flows northeast for several hundred feet before gradually beginning to turn north. After flowing north for a similar distance, it reaches its confluence with Stony Creek.[2]
Geography and geology
editThe elevation near the mouth of Wolffs Run is 1,715 feet (523 m) above sea level.[3] The elevation of the stream's source is between 1,760 feet (540 m) and 1,780 feet (540 m) above sea level.[2]
There is a dam known as the Humboldt Dam on Wolffs Run. The dam is an earthfill dam with a masonry core wall. The dam is 974 feet (297 m) long and 41 feet (12 m) high. It has a masonry gravity spillway on its right abutment.[4]
There is a reservoir known as the Humboldt Reservoir or the Wolf's Run Reservoir on Wolffs Run.[5][6] It is owned by the Mt. Pleasant Water Supply Company. The reservoir has a capacity of 144 million US gallons (550 Ml) and a surface area of 35.0 acres (14.2 ha).[5] The reservoir, along with several other nearby reservoirs, served 14,400 people in the 1970s.[7] In the early 1900s, Wolffs Run, together with Barnes Run, supplied 25 percent of the water supply of the city of Hazleton.[8]
Watershed
editThe watershed of Wolffs Run has an area of 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2). It is part of the Lower North Branch Susquehanna River drainage basin.[9]
History
editWolffs Run was added to the Geographic Names Information System on January 1, 1990. Additionally, the stream is in the Atlas of the Anthracite Coalfields of Pennsylvania.
In 1988, the city administration of Hazleton applied for a $750,000 grant to repair the Humboldt Reservoir on Wolffs Run.[6]
See also
edit- Cranberry Creek, next tributary of Stony Creek going downstream
References
edit- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Wolffs Run
- ^ a b c United States Geological Survey, The National Map Viewer, retrieved December 5, 2014
- ^ Topographic Map Stream Features in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, archived from the original on July 25, 2014, retrieved December 5, 2014
- ^ Albert Charles Hooke (May 1979), National Dam Inspection Program. Humboldt Dam (NDI ID Number PA-00646 DER ID Number 40-61), Susquehanna River Basin, Wolffs Run, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania. Phase I Inspection Report, archived from the original on March 3, 2016, retrieved December 5, 2014
- ^ a b WATER RESOURCES BULLETIN 7A UPB7 (PDF), retrieved December 5, 2014
- ^ a b Standard-Speaker from Hazleton, Pennsylvania · Page 5, Standard-Speaker, April 8, 1988, retrieved December 5, 2014
- ^ United States Army Corps of Engineers (February 1974), A METHOD FOR INTEGRATING SURFACE AND GROUND WATER USE IN HUMID REGIONS (PDF), p. 181, retrieved December 5, 2014
- ^ W. D. Collins (1923), THE INDUSTRIAL UTILITY OF PUBLIC WATER SUPPLIES IN THE UNITED STATES (PDF), p. 58, retrieved December 5, 2014
- ^ Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania (1921), Water Resources Inventory Report ..., Parts 1-5, p. 208, retrieved December 5, 2014