Independence Run

Independence Run begins in a valley in Chapman Township. It flows northeast for a few hundred feet before turning east-northeast for over a mile. The stream then turns east-southeast for several tenths of a mile, receiving one unnamed tributary from the left and one from the right. In this reach, it begins flowing near the border of the census-designated place of Port Trevorton. The stream eventually turns south-southeast for more than a mile, receiving an unnamed tributary from the right and entering Port Trevorton, where it immediately receives another unnamed tributary from the right. It continues flowing in the same direction for a few tenths of a mile until it crosses US Route 11/US Route 15. A short distance further downstream, the stream reaches its confluence with the Susquehanna River.

Independence Run joins the Susquehanna River {{convert|109.82|mi|km}} upriver of its mouth.{{Citation|url = http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf|title = Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams|page = 76|date = November 2, 2001|accessdate = May 25, 2016|archive-date = September 17, 2015|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150917160158/http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf|url-status = dead}}

The elevation near the mouth of Independence Run is {{convert|404|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:1177726,Independence%20Run|title = Feature Detail Report for: Independence Run|accessdate = May 25, 2016|author-link = Geographic Names Information System}} The elevation of the stream's source is {{convert|678|ft|m}} above sea level.

A road runs parallel to Independence Run for much of its length.{{citation|author = United States Geological Survey|url = http://www.usgwarchives.net/maps/pa/county/snyder/usgs/chapman.jpg|title = chapman.jpg|year = 1986|accessdate = May 25, 2016|author-link = United States Geological Survey}}

The watershed of Independence Run has an area of {{convert|3.24|sqmi|km2}}. The stream is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Dalmatia. Its mouth is located within {{convert|1|mi|km}} of Chapman and is also near the community of Independence.

Independence Run is one of the major streams in Chapman Township, along with Chapman Creek and West Branch Mahantango Creek. Many of the streams in the township have a tendency to flow through open agricultural areas, allowing sediments and chemicals to reach the stream. However, planting trees along streambanks to create a riparian buffer would improve this, as well as connect forest habitats.{{citation|author = Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program|url = http://www.naturalheritage.state.pa.us/cnai_pdfs/snyder%20county%20nhi%202007%20web.pdf|title = Snyder County Natural Heritage Inventory 2007|page = 114|year = 2007|accessdate = May 26, 2016|author-link = Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program}}

The drainage basin of Independence 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 25, 2016}} In 2016, the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission passed regulations affecting Independence Run from its mouth to a point {{convert|0.5|mi|km}} upstream. This regulation forbade any attempt to target or catch bass between May 1 and June 17, with immediate catch and release being in effect for bass the rest of the year.{{citation|author=Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission |url=http://fishandboat.com/fishpub/summary/bass_cr.htm |title=CATCH AND RELEASE BASS REGULATIONS |accessdate=May 26, 2016 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151011120246/http://fishandboat.com/fishpub/summary/bass_cr.htm |archivedate=October 11, 2015 |author-link=Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission }}

Independence Run was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1177726.

• Dalmatia Creek, next tributary of the Susquehanna River going downriver
• Chapman Creek, next tributary of the Susquehanna River going upriver
• List of rivers of Pennsylvania

{{Reflist}}

{{authority control}}

Category:Rivers of Snyder County, Pennsylvania

Category:Tributaries of the Susquehanna River

Category:Rivers of Pennsylvania