Hettesheimer Run

Hettsheimer Run begins in a valley to the west of Schooley Mountain in Noxen Township. It flows southeast through the valley for several tenths of a mile before turning south-southeast. After several tenths of a mile, the stream turns south-southwest and enters the census-designated place of Noxen. It then exits its valley and reaches its confluence with Bowman Creek.

Hettesheimer Run joins Bowman Creek {{convert|13.84|mi|km}} upstream of its mouth.{{Citation|url = http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf|title = Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams|page = 73|date = November 2, 2001|access-date = October 10, 2015|archive-date = September 17, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150917160158/http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf|url-status = dead}}

Hettesheimer Run is not designated as an impaired waterbody.{{Citation|author=United States Environmental Protection Agency |url=http://oaspub.epa.gov/tmdl/attains_watershed.control?p_huc=02050106&p_state=PA&p_cycle=2006&p_report_type=A |archive-url=https://archive.today/20151121020905/http://oaspub.epa.gov/tmdl/attains_watershed.control?p_huc=02050106&p_state=PA&p_cycle=2006&p_report_type=A |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 21, 2015 |title=Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2006 Pennsylvania, Upper Susquehanna-Tunkhannock Watershed |access-date=October 10, 2015 |author-link = United States Environmental Protection Agency}} The concentration of alkalinity in Hettesheimer Run is {{convert|12|mg/L|oz/cuft|sp=us}}.{{Citation|author = Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission|url = http://fishandboat.com/classa.pdf|title = Class A Wild Trout Waters|page = 24|date = August 2015|access-date = October 10, 2015|author-link = Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission|archive-date = March 4, 2016|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304061031/http://fishandboat.com/classa.pdf|url-status = dead}}

The elevation near the mouth of Hettesheimer Run is {{convert|1004|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:1198877,Hettesheimer%20Run|title = Feature Detail Report for: Hettesheimer Run|access-date = October 10, 2015|author-link = Geographic Names Information System}} The elevation of the stream's source is between {{convert|1520|and|1540|ft|m|0}} above sea level.

The surficial geology in the vicinity of the mouth of Hettesheimer Run consists of alluvial fan, alluvial terrace, alluvium, and Wisconsinan Ice-Contact Stratified Drift. Further upstream, the surficial geology along the stream consists of alluvium, while Wisconsinan Till is also in the area. The surficial geology in the stream's middle and upper reaches consists of Wisconsinan Till, but bedrock consisting of sandstone and shale occurs near its valley.{{Citation|author = Duane D. Braun|url = http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/cs/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_015820.zip|title = Surficial geology of the Noxen 7.5-minute quadrangle, Wyoming and Luzerne Counties, Pennsylvania|page = 18|year = 2007|access-date = October 11, 2015}}

The watershed of Hettesheimer Run has an area of {{convert|1.94|sqmi|km2}}. The stream is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Noxen.

Some reaches of Hettesheimer Run are within {{convert|300|ft|m}} of a road.{{Citation|url=http://wind.energy-business-review(dot)com/news/bps_wyoming_county_wind_farm_causes_concern_among_residents_090120 |title=BP's Wyoming County Wind Farm Causes Concern Among Residents |date=January 20, 2009 |access-date=October 10, 2015 }}{{dead link|date=April 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

Hettesheimer Run was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1198877. The stream is also known as Hettesheimer's Run.{{Citation|author = Wyoming Historical and Geological Society|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=UN0bDGgcEvQC&q=%22Hettesheimer%27s+Run%22|title = Proceedings and Collections, Volume 14|page = 177|year = 1926}}

A Native American site, possibly a rock shelter has been discovered at the confluence of Hettesheimer Run with Bowman Creek.

In the early 1900s, Hettesheimer Run was used as an industrial water supply at Noxen.{{Citation|author = Pennsylvania Water Supply Commission|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=qFw5AQAAMAAJ&dq=%22Hettesheimer+Run%22&pg=RA1-PA39|title = Water Resources Inventory Report ...: Act of July 25, 1913, Parts 1–4|page = 216|year = 1921}} In the early 1900s, the Department of Fisheries closed part or all of the stream.{{Citation|author = Pennsylvania Workmen's Compensation Board|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=gysTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1290|title = Workmen's Compensation Supplement to Department Reports of ..., Volume 6|pages = 1289–1290|year = 1920}}

In 2005, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission discussed the addition of Hettesheimer Run to its list of Class A Wild Trout Waters.{{Citation|work = Pennsylvania Bulletin|url = http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol35/35-9/384.html|title = Changes to List of Class A Wild Trout Waters 2005; Additional Public Comment Period|access-date = October 10, 2015}}

The drainage basin of Hettesheimer 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 10, 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 10, 2015|author-link = Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission|archive-date = July 1, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150701171657/http://www.fishandboat.com/trout_repro.pdf|url-status = dead}} The stream is classified by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission as Class A Wild Trout Waters for brook trout from its headwaters downstream to its mouth.

A snake species known as Diadophis punctatus edwardsii was observed in the vicinity of Hettesheimer Run in 1956.{{Citation|url = https://www.idigbio.org/portal/records/789b4692-f627-4cf0-b371-9dc74bb28307|title = Specimen Record|access-date = October 10, 2015}}

• Beaver Run (Bowman Creek), next tributary of Bowman Creek going downstream
• York Run, next tributary of Bowman Creek going upstream
• List of rivers of Pennsylvania
• List of tributaries of Bowman Creek

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