:Fidlers Run

File:Fidlers Run looking upstream.jpg

Fidlers Run begins in a valley in Jackson Township. It flows west through the valley alongside Pennsylvania Route 225 for several tenths of a mile before turning west-southwest for a few tenths of a mile, receiving an unnamed tributary from the right. The stream then turns northwest for a short distance, receiving an unnamed tributary from the right and one from the left. It then flows west-northwest along the border between Jackson Township and Lower Mahanoy Township, near Pennsylvania Route 147. After several tenths of a mile, the stream crosses Pennsylvania Route 147, receives another unnamed tributary from the left, and turns northwest for several tenths of a mile before fully reentering Jackson Township. A few tenths of a mile further downstream, it reaches the end of its valley and turns north-northwest for a few tenths of a mile before reaching its confluence with the Susquehanna River.

Fidlers Run joins the Susquehanna River {{convert|112.24|mi|km}} upriver of its mouth.{{Citation|url = http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf|title = Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams|page = 63|date = November 2, 2001|accessdate = May 22, 2016}}

Fidlers Run has no named tributaries. However, it does have three unnamed tributaries. At least one of these is fed by springs.{{citation|author = Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=YGU_AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA623|title = Water Resources Inventory Report ..., Part 6|pages = 622–623|year = 1920}}

Fidlers Run is not designated as an impaired waterbody.{{citation|author=United States Environmental Protection Agency |url=https://oaspub.epa.gov/tmdl/attains_waterbody.control?p_list_id=&p_au_id=PA1215&p_cycle=2006&p_state=PA&p_report_type=A |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104143958/https://oaspub.epa.gov/tmdl/attains_waterbody.control?p_list_id=&p_au_id=PA1215&p_cycle=2006&p_state=PA&p_report_type=A |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 4, 2017 |title=2006 Waterbody Report for Fidlers Run |accessdate=May 22, 2016 |author-link = United States Environmental Protection Agency}} Some of its unnamed tributaries are not designated as impaired waterbodies. However, reaches of some of the stream's unnamed tributaries are in fact designated as impaired, due to siltation from agriculture and grazing-related agriculture.{{Citation|author = Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Bureau of Watershed Management|url = http://www.portal.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt?open=18&objID=439123&mode=2|title = Watershed Restoration Action Strategy (WRAS) State Water Plan Subbasin 06B Mahanoy Creek and Shamokin Creek Watersheds (Susquehanna River) Northumberland and Schuylkill Counties|page = 14|date = February 2004|accessdate = May 22, 2016}}

At the downstream limit of the stretch of Fidlers Run that is on the border of Lower Mahanoy Township, the stream's peak annual discharge has a 10 percent chance of reaching {{convert|1130|cuft/s|m3/s}}. It has a 2 percent chance of reaching {{convert|1890|cuft/s|m3/s}} and a 1 percent chance of reaching {{convert|2200|cuft/s|m3/s}}. The peak annual discharge has a 0.2 percent chance of reaching {{convert|2920|cuft/s|m3/s}}. In June 1993, the instantaneous discharge of the stream was once measured to be {{convert|2.7|cuft/s|m3/s}}.{{citation|author = United States Geological Survey|url = http://nwis.waterdata.usgs.gov/usa/nwis/qwdata/?site_no=404146076511001&agency_cd=USGS&inventory_output=0&rdb_inventory_output=file&TZoutput=0&pm_cd_compare=Greater%20than&radio_parm_cds=all_parm_cds&format=html_table&qw_attributes=0&qw_sample_wide=wide&rdb_qw_attributes=0&date_format=YYYY-MM-DD&rdb_compression=file&submitted_form=brief_list|title = USGS 404146076511001 Fidlers Run at Mouth near Herndon, PA|accessdate = May 22, 2016|author-link = United States Geological Survey}}

In June 1993, the water temperature of Fidlers Run at its mouth was once measured to be {{convert|19.0|C|F}}, while the air temperature was {{convert|22.0|C|F}}. The water temperatures can reach above {{convert|75|F|C}} at times. The specific conductance was 560 micro-siemens per centimeter at {{convert|25|C|F}}.

In one measurement in June 1993, the pH of Fidlers Run at its mouth was found to be 8.2. The concentration of dissolved oxygen was {{convert|8.8|mg/L|oz/cuft|sp=us}} and the carbon dioxide concentration was {{convert|1.5|mg/L|oz/cuft|sp=us}}. No carbonate was observed in the stream's filtered water, but {{convert|150|mg/L|oz/cuft|sp=us}} of bicarbonate was observed. The concentration of atrazine in the creek's unfiltered water was measured to be {{convert|300|ng/L|oz/cuft|sp=us}}

A National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System permit allowing a facility in Lower Mahanoy Township known as Former Hut Restaurant STP to discharge sewage into Fidlers Run at a point {{convert|1.58|mi|km}} upstream of its mouth was issued; it will be effective from April 2015 to March 2020.{{citation|publisher = Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry|url = http://www.dli.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/document/1488574/pa0110116_3_final_2-2-2015_75036_v2_pdf|title = Authorization to Discharge Under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Discharge Requirements for Small Flow Sewage Treatment Facilities|page = 1|date = August 2009|accessdate = May 22, 2016}}

The elevation near the mouth of Fiddlers Run is {{convert|407|ft|m}} above sea level.{{citation|author = Geographic Names Information System|url = http://gnis.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:3:0::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1198066,Fidlers%20Run|title = Feature Detail Report for: Fidlers Run|accessdate = May 22, 2016|author-link = Geographic Names Information System}} The elevation of the stream's source is {{convert|634|ft|m}} above sea level.

Fidlers Run is approximately {{convert|3|to|5|ft|m}} wide.{{citation|author = A. Joseph Armstrong|publisher = Stackpole Books|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mhRawG_jSJgC&pg=PA214|title = Trout Unlimited's Guide to Pennsylvania Limestone Streams|page = 214|year = 2000|isbn = 9780811729444}} It has been described as a "tiny stream" and the valley in which its headwaters are located in is small.{{citation|author = Stanley K. Sampsell|url = https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/feat_folder?p_file=428044|title = PA_1198066_001_Fidlers Run_frm_1969.pdf|date = February 18, 1969|accessdate = May 22, 2016}} The stream is one of the last major streams to flow into the Susquehanna River in Northumberland County.{{citation|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=7NbwAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA6|title = Soil survey|page = 6|year = 1955}}

Various types of shale have been observed in the vicinity of Fidlers Run.{{citation|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=v0pDAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Fiddlers+Run%22|title = The Devonian of Pennsylvania: Middle and Upper Devonian|pages = 218, 225|year = 1939}}

The watershed of Fidlers Run has an area of {{convert|6.88|sqmi|km2}}. The stream is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Pillow. Its mouth is located within {{convert|1|mi|km}} of Herndon. Its source is located approximately {{convert|2|mi|km}} northeast of Mandata, near Pennsylvania Route 225.

Fidlers Run flows through agricultural land for much of its length, especially in its upper reaches. However, in its lower reaches, there are "environmentally sensitive" areas along or near the stream, especially on its southern side. The stream's mouth is located near developed land in Herndon.{{citation|url = http://elibrary.pacounties.org/Documents/Northumberland_County/124;%20NORTHUMBERLAND/4209700000ccp.pdf|title = Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Comprehensive Plan|page = 231|date = June 28, 2005|accessdate = May 22, 2016}}

Flooding was recorded on Fidlers Run, and numerous other streams in the Susquehanna River watershed, due to Tropical Storm Agnes in June 1972.{{Citation|author = Federal Emergency Management Agency|url = http://upperaugustatwp.org/images/map/download.php?name=42097CV001A.pdf|title = Flood map 42097CV001A – Upper Augusta Township|pages = 15–16, 22, 28|accessdate = May 22, 2016|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072510/http://upperaugustatwp.org/images/map/download.php?name=42097CV001A.pdf|archivedate = March 4, 2016|author-link = Federal Emergency Management Agency}}

Fidlers Run was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1198066. The stream is also known as Fiddlers Run, Fidler Run, or Fidlers Creek. The variant name "Fidlers Creek" appears in Israel C. White's 1883 book The geology of the North Branch Susquehanna River Region in the six counties of Wyoming, Lackawanna, Luzerne, Columbia, Montour and Northumberland.{{citation|author = Geographic Names Information System|url = http://gnis.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:4:0::NO:4:P4_FID,FNAME:1198066,Fidlers%20Creek|title = Variant Citation|accessdate = May 22, 2016|author-link = Geographic Names Information System}} The variant name "Fiddlers Run" appears in the Stream Map of Pennsylvania, created by Howard William Higbee in 1965.{{citation|author = Geographic Names Information System|url = http://gnis.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:4:0::NO:4:P4_FID,FNAME:1198066,Fidler%20Run|title = Variant Citation|accessdate = May 22, 2016|author-link = Geographic Names Information System}} The variant name "Fidler Run" appears in United States Geological Survey maps.

In the early 1900s, the water supply for Herndon came from a {{convert|35000|gal|m3|adj=on}} reservoir at the headwaters of a tributary to Fidlers Run. The water at this reservoir was soft.

In the late 1960s, civil engineer Stanley K. Sampsell was unable to find any written information on how to spell the name of Fidlers Run. However, the people he spoke to in the Herndon area all pronounced it with an "s" at the end, leading him to recommend that the stream's name be spelled "Fidlers Run".

A two-span concrete slab bridge carrying Pennsylvania Route 225 was constructed across Fidlers Run in 1937 {{convert|1|mi|km}} south of Mandata and is {{convert|34.1|ft|m}} long. In 1960, a steel stringer/multi-beam or girder bridge carrying T-353 over the stream was built {{convert|0.5|mi|km}} south of Herndon. This bridge was repaired in 1990 and is {{convert|25.9|ft|m}} long. A concrete culvert bridge carrying Pennsylvania Route 225 over the stream in Mandata was built in 1995 and is {{convert|27.9|ft|m}} long. In the same year, a prestressed box beam or girders bridge carrying State Route 3012 over the stream was built {{convert|0.5|mi|km}} north of Mandata; this bridge is {{convert|30.8|ft|m}} long. A concrete culvert bridge carrying State Route 3016 was constructed across Fidlers Run in 2003 in Mandata and is {{convert|26.9|ft|m}} long.{{citation|url = http://uglybridges.com/pa/northumberland/|title = Northumberland County|accessdate = May 22, 2016}} In May 2012, the replacement of the structurally deficient {{convert|25|ft|m|adj=on}} was slated to begin in that month and be completed in September 2012 for $559,000.{{citation|newspaper = The Daily Item|url = http://www.dailyitem.com/news/penndot-plans-to-replace--year-old-structurally-deficient-bridge/article_e19dddad-85ba-55c0-9673-b2f77f54ad91.html|title = PennDOT plans to replace 77-year-old structurally deficient bridge on Route 147|date = May 8, 2012|accessdate = May 22, 2016}}

The drainage basin of Fidlers Run is designated as a Warmwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery.{{citation|work = Pennsylvania Code|url = http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/025/chapter93/s93.9m.html|title = § 93.9m. Drainage List M. Susquehanna River Basin in Pennsylvania Susquehanna River|accessdate = May 22, 2016}} The designated use of Fidlers Run is aquatic life.

Fidlers Run was described in A. Joseph Armstrong's 2000 book Trout Unlimited's Guide to Pennsylvania Limestone Streams as having "little going for it" by way of trout fishing.

An unnamed tributary to Fidlers Run has experienced "excessive" aquatic plant growth due to nutrient pollution.{{citation|url = http://www.nccdpa.org/files/2014_Annual_Report.pdf|title = Erosion and Sedimentation Control Program| page = 6|accessdate = May 22, 2016}}

• Silver Creek (Susquehanna River), next tributary of the Susquehanna River going downriver
• Mahanoy Creek, next tributary of the Susquehanna River going upriver
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