Black Ash Creek
{{short description|Stream in Pennsylvania, United States}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Black Ash Creek
| name_other = Wolf Creek, Wolf's Creek
| image = Black Ash Creek.JPG
| image_caption = Black Ash Creek looking downstream
| source1_location = valley near Booth Road in Ross Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
| mouth_location = Rogers Creek in Ross Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|41.22235|-76.21406|region:US-PA|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| progression = Rogers Creek → Huntington Creek → Fishing Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay
| length_mi = 1.9
| source1_elevation = between {{convert|1180|and|1200|ft|m}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|968|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| basin_size_mi2 = 1.46
}}
Black Ash Creek (also known as Wolf Creek or Wolf's Creek{{Citation|work=The Wilkes-Barre Record |url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/1980368//|title = Bridge Contracts.|date = June 14, 1900|accessdate = March 13, 2015|via = newspapers.com}} {{open access}}) is a tributary of Rogers Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately {{convert|1.9|mi|km}} long and flows through Ross Township.{{Citation |author=United States Geological Survey |url=http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |title=The National Map Viewer |accessdate=March 13, 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |archivedate=March 29, 2012 |author-link=United States Geological Survey }} The watershed of the creek has an area of {{convert|1.46|sqmi|km2}}. The creek is not impaired. The surficial geology in its vicinity consists of alluvium, Wisconsinan Outwash, Wisconsinan Till, and bedrock.
Course
Black Ash Creek begins in a valley near Booth Road in Ross Township. It flows south-southwest for more than a mile, crossing State Route 4019 on the way. The creek then turns southwest for a few tenths of a mile before turning south. A few tenths of a mile further downstream, it flows out of its valley and then reaches its confluence with Rogers Creek.
Black Ash Creek joins Rogers Creek {{convert|2.82|mi|km}} upstream of its mouth.{{Citation|url = http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf|title = Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams|page = 36|date = November 2, 2001|accessdate = March 13, 2015}}
Hydrology, geography and geology
The elevation near the mouth of Black Ash Creek is {{convert|968|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:1169687,Black%20Ash%20Creek|archive-url = https://archive.today/20150315020356/http://gnis.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:3:0::NO::P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1169687,Black%20Ash%20Creek|url-status = dead|archive-date = March 15, 2015|title = Feature Detail Report for: Black Ash Creek|accessdate = March 13, 2015|author-link = Geographic Names Information System}} The elevation near the source of the creek is between {{convert|1180|and|1200|ft|m}} above sea level.
The surficial geology near the mouth of Black Ash Creek mainly consists of alluvium, which contains stratified gravel, sand, and silt, along with some boulders. A patch of Wisconsinan Outwash is also present nearby. However, the majority of the watershed has surficial geology featuring a glacial or resedimented till known as Wisconsinan Till. There are also a few scattered patches of bedrock consisting of sandstone and shale.{{Citation|author = Duane D. Braun|url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/cs/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_015797.zip|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140524161051/http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/cs/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_015797.zip|url-status = dead|archive-date = May 24, 2014|title = Surficial geology of the Shickshinny 7.5-minute quadrangle, Columbia and Luzerne Counties, Pennsylvania|page = 21|year = 2008|accessdate = March 13, 2015}}
Watershed
The watershed of Black Ash Creek has an area of {{convert|1.46|sqmi|km2}}. The creek is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Shickshinny. It is not far from the community of Bloomingdale.{{Citation|author = Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Resources|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=9GPxAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Black+Ash+Creek%22+pa&dq=%22Black+Ash+Creek%22+pa|title = Water Resources Bulletin, Issue 6, Part 1|page = 84|year = 1970}}
History
Black Ash Creek was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1169687. The creek is also known as Wolf Creek. This name appears on county highway maps published by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation.{{Citation|author = Geographic Names Information System|url = http://gnis.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:4:0::NO:4:P4_FID,FNAME:1169687,Wolf%20Creek|title = Variant Citation|accessdate = March 13, 2015|author-link = Geographic Names Information System}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
A bridge across Black Ash Creek was considered in the early 1900s. However, no bids were received for the construction of such a bridge in 1900.
See also
- Marsh Creek (Rogers Creek), the other named tributary of Rogers Creek
- List of tributaries of Fishing Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River)
- List of rivers of Pennsylvania
References
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Category:Rivers of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
Category:Tributaries of Fishing Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River)