Broad Hollow Run
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{{Infobox river
| name = Broad Hollow Run
| source1_location = deep valley in Noxen Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
| mouth_location = Bowman Creek near Stull in Noxen Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|41.39893|-76.11496|region:US-PA|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| progression = Bowman Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay
| length_mi = 1.0
| source1_elevation = between {{convert|1500|and|1520|ft|m|0}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|1234|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| basin_size_mi2 = 1.04
}}
Broad Hollow Run is a tributary of Bowman Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately {{convert|1.0|mi|km}} long and flows through Noxen Township.{{Citation |author=United States Geological Survey |url=http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |title=The National Map Viewer |access-date=October 12, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329155652/http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/ |archive-date=March 29, 2012 }} The watershed of the stream has an area of {{convert|1.04|sqmi|km2}}. The surficial geology in the vicinity of the stream consists of alluvium, alluvial fan, and Wisconsinan Till. Its watershed is designated as a High-Quality Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery.
Course
Broad Hollow Run begins in a deep valley in Noxen Township. It flows north-northwest for several hundred feet before turning north-northeast and north for a few tenths of a mile. In this reach, the valley of the stream becomes much shallower on one side. The stream then turns north-northeast again. Several tenths of a mile further downstream, it enters the valley of Bowman Creek and reaches its confluence with Bowman Creek.
Broad Hollow Run joins Bowman Creek {{convert|17.70|mi|km}} upstream of its mouth.{{Citation|url = http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf|title = Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams|page = 39|date = November 2, 2001|access-date = October 12, 2015}}
Geography and geology
The elevation near the mouth of Broad Hollow Run is {{convert|1234|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:1198477,Broad%20Hollow%20Run|title = Feature Detail Report for: Broad Hollow Run|access-date = October 12, 2015}}{{Dead link|date=July 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} The elevation near the source of Broad Hollow Run is between {{convert|1500|and|1520|ft|m|0}} above sea level.
The surficial geology near the mouth of Broad Hollow Run consists of alluvium (which contains stratified sand, silt, gravel, and some boulders) and a till known as Wisconsinan Till. Further upstream, the surficial geology consists of Wisconsinan Till and alluvial fan, some of which is underlain by glacial lake clays. The surficial geology at the headwaters consists entirely of Wisconsinan Till.{{Citation|author = Duane D. Braun|url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/cs/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_015820.zip|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140524155253/http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/cs/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_015820.zip|url-status = dead|archive-date = May 24, 2014|title = Surficial geology of the Noxen 7.5-minute quadrangle, Wyoming and Luzerne Counties, Pennsylvania|page = 18|year = 2007|access-date = October 13, 2015}}
Broad Hollow Run is in the vicinity of the North Mountain region.
Hydrology and watershed
The watershed of Broad Hollow Run has an area of {{convert|1.04|sqmi|km2}}. The stream is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Noxen. Its mouth is located near Stull.
Broad Hollow Run attains the requirements for use by aquatic life.{{Citation|url=http://files.dep.state.pa.us/Water/Drinking%20Water%20and%20Facility%20Regulation/WaterQualityPortalFiles/2014%20Integrated%20List/2014%20Streams%20Category%202.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123183258/http://files.dep.state.pa.us/Water/Drinking%20Water%20and%20Facility%20Regulation/WaterQualityPortalFiles/2014%20Integrated%20List/2014%20Streams%20Category%202.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 23, 2017 |title=2014 Pennsylvania Integrated Water Quality Monitoring and Assessment Report - Streams, Category 2 Waterbodies, Attaining Some Uses |page=389 |year=2014 |access-date=October 13, 2015 }}
History
Broad Hollow Run was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1198477.
Biology
The drainage basin of Broad Hollow Run is designated as a High-Quality Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery.{{Citation|work = Pennsylvania Code|url = http://www.pacode.com/secure/data/025/chapter93/s93.9i.html|title = § 93.9i. Drainage List I. Susquehanna River Basin in Pennsylvania Susquehanna River|access-date = October 12, 2015}} Wild trout naturally reproduce in the stream from its headwaters downstream to its mouth.{{Citation|author = Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission|url = http://fishandboat.com/trout_repro.pdf|title = Pennsylvania Wild Trout Waters (Natural Reproduction) - August 2015|page = 106|date = August 2015|access-date = October 12, 2015|archive-date = July 1, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150701171657/http://www.fishandboat.com/trout_repro.pdf|url-status = dead}}
See also
- Baker Run, next tributary of Bowman Creek going downstream
- Sugar Run (Bowman Creek), next tributary of Bowman Creek going upstream
- List of rivers of Pennsylvania
- List of tributaries of Bowman Creek
References
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Category:Rivers of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania