Boile Run

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Boile Run begins in a pond or small lake at the base of Little Mountain in Lower Augusta Township. It flows west-northwest into a valley for several tenths of a mile and passes through another pond or small lake before turning west-southwest for more than a mile, receiving two unnamed tributaries from the right. The stream then turns west for a short distance before receiving an unnamed tributary from the left and turning southwest. It flows in this direction for more than a mile, receiving another unnamed tributary from the right along the way, before meandering west, receiving another unnamed tributary from the left, and then turning south. It then leaves its valley, crosses Pennsylvania Route 147 and a railroad, and reaches its confluence with the Susquehanna River.

Boile Run joins the Susquehanna River {{convert|116.32|mi|km}} upriver of its mouth.{{Citation|url = http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf|title = Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams|page = 38|date = November 2, 2001|accessdate = September 2, 2015}}

Boile Run is not designated as an impaired waterbody.{{Citation|work = United States Environmental Protection Agency|url = http://oaspub.epa.gov/tmdl/attains_waterbody.control?p_list_id=&p_au_id=PA2020&p_cycle=2006&p_state=PA&p_report_type=A|title = 2006 Waterbody Report for Boile Run|accessdate = September 2, 2015}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} At least one person has a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System to discharge sewage into an unnamed tributary of the stream from a single residence.{{Citation|work = Pennsylvania Bulletin|url = http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol34/34-3/98c.html|title = General Permit Type—PAG-4|accessdate = September 2, 2015}}

The peak annual discharge of Boile Run at its mouth has a 10 percent chance of reaching {{convert|1000|cuft/s|m3/s}}. It has a 2 percent chance of reaching {{convert|2200|cuft/s|m3/s}} and a 1 percent chance of reaching {{convert|3000|cuft/s|m3/s}}.

The elevation near the mouth of Boile Run is {{convert|413|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:1169949,Boile%20Run|title = Feature Detail Report for: Boile Run|accessdate = September 2, 2015|author-link = Geographic Names Information System}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The elevation of the stream's source is between {{convert|760|and|780|ft|m|0}} above sea level.

Boile Run is a small stream. Its headwaters are {{convert|0.25|mi|km}} west of Resler and its mouth is {{convert|0.5|mi|km}} south of Fishers Ferry.{{Citation|url = http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/feat_folder?p_file=424347|title = PA_1169949_001_Boile Run_frm_1965.pdf|date = August 3, 1965|accessdate = September 2, 2015}}

The watershed of Boile Run has an area of {{convert|5.97|sqmi|km2}}. The stream is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Sunbury. Its designated use is for aquatic life.

Boile Run is one of two major creeks in Lower Augusta Township, the other being Hallowing Run.{{Citation|author = Light-Heigel & Associates|url = http://elibrary.pacounties.org/Documents/Northumberland_County/124;%20NORTHUMBERLAND/4209744856mcp.pdf|title = Comprehensive Plan Lower Augusta Township Northumberland County, PA|page = 43|date = April 1998|accessdate = September 3, 2015}}

Flooding occurred on Boile Run 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 = 16, 22|accessdate = September 3, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072510/http://upperaugustatwp.org/images/map/download.php?name=42097CV001A.pdf|archive-date = 2016-03-04|url-status = dead|author-link = Federal Emergency Management Agency}}

Boile Run was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1169949. The stream is also known as Boyle Run, a name which appears on a 1953 United States Geological Survey map.{{citation|author = Geographic Names Information System|url = http://gnis.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:4:0::NO:4:P4_FID,FNAME:1169949,Boyle%20Run|title = Variant Citation|accessdate = September 2, 2015|author-link = Geographic Names Information System}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The original spelling of the stream's name was "Boile Run"; this was corrupted to "Boyle Run" on some maps, though the earlier name had appeared on maps as far back as 1874. In 1965, the USGS recommended that the name "Boile Run" be formally adopted. Many of the early settlers in the valley of Boile Run were of Scotch-Irish descent. John Snyder built a mill on the stream in 1858 and operated it until it burned down in 1880.{{Citation|author = J. J. John|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=z9MwAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Boyle%27s+Run%22&pg=PA706|title = History of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania|pages = 84, 706|year = 1891|accessdate = September 3, 2015}}

A concrete tee beam bridge carrying State Route 4022 over Boile Run was built in 1922 and is {{convert|23.0|ft|m}} long. A steel stringer/multi-beam or girder bridge carrying the same road over the stream was built in 1934 and is {{convert|24.0|ft|m}} long. Another bridge of that type and carrying State Route 4022 was built over the stream in 1934 and is {{convert|37.9|ft|m}} long. A concrete slab bridge carrying that road over Boile Run was built in 1961 and is {{convert|30.8|ft|m}} long. A concrete tee beam bridge carrying T-394 over the stream is {{convert|27.9|ft|m}} long and was built in 1989. In 1991, a prestressed slab bridge carrying Pennsylvania Route 147 was built over the stream and is {{convert|28.9|ft|m}} long.{{Citation|url = http://www.uglybridges.com/pa/northumberland/|title = Northumberland County|accessdate = September 2, 2015}}

A bridge carrying State Route 4022 over Boile Run was slated for replacement in 2015.{{Citation|newspaper = The News-Item|url = http://m.newsitem.com/news/5-county-bridges-on-list-of-replacement-project-1.1819341|title = 5 county bridges on list of replacement project|date = January 18, 2015|accessdate = September 3, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

The drainage basin of Boile 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 = September 2, 2015}}

• Penns Creek, next tributary of the Susquehanna River going downriver
• Hallowing Run, next tributary of the Susquehanna River going upriver
• List of rivers of Pennsylvania

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