Newton Run
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{{Infobox river
| name = Newton Run
| image = Newton Run looking downstream.JPG
| image_caption = Newton Run looking downstream from Root Hollow Lane
| source1_location = valley on the side of a hill in Eaton Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
| mouth_location = Roaring Run in Monroe Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|41.46160|-76.03152|region:US-PA|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| progression = Roaring Run → Bowman Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay
| length_mi = 2.7
| source1_elevation = between {{convert|1980|and|2000|ft|m|0}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|856|ft|m|abbr=on}}
| basin_size_mi2 = 2.55
}}
Newton Run is a tributary of Roaring Run in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately {{convert|2.7|mi|km}} long and flows through Eaton Township and Monroe Township.{{Citation|author = United States Geological Survey|url = http://viewer.nationalmap.gov/viewer/|title = The National Map Viewer|accessdate = September 27, 2015}} The watershed of the stream has an area of {{convert|2.55|sqmi|km2}}. The stream is not designated as an impaired waterbody. The surface geology in its vicinity consists of alluvium, alluvial fan, Wisconsinan Till, and bedrock.
Course
File:Newton Run looking upstream.JPG
Newton Run begins in a valley on the side of a hill in Eaton Township. It flows south-southeast for a short distance before turning south-southwest. After several tenths of a mile, the stream turns south before turning south-southwest again. After a few tenths of a mile, it turns south again and enters Monroe Township, where it turns south-southeast. A few tenths of a mile further downstream, the stream leaves its valley and turns southeast, running alongside Roaring Run for a few tenths of a mile before reaching its confluence with Roaring Run.
Newton Run joins Roaring Run {{convert|0.42|mi|km}} upstream of its mouth.{{Citation|url = http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf|title = Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams|page = 105|date = November 2, 2001|accessdate = September 27, 2015}}
Hydrology
Newton 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|title = Assessment Summary for Reporting Year 2006 Pennsylvania, Upper Susquehanna-Tunkhannock Watershed|accessdate = September 27, 2015|url-status = dead|archiveurl = 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|archivedate = November 21, 2015}}
Geography and geology
The elevation near the mouth of Newton Run is {{convert|856|ft|m}} above sea level.{{Citation|author = Geographic Names Information System|url = http://gnis.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1199222,Newton%20Run|title = Feature Detail Report for: Newton Run|accessdate = September 27, 2015}} The elevation of the stream's source is between {{convert|1980|and|2000|ft|m|0}} above sea level.
The surficial geology along the lower reaches of Newton Run consists of alluvium. Further away from the stream, this is flanked Wisconsinan Till and a patch of alluvial fan. In the upper reaches, the surficial geology consists of Wisconsinan Till, and the valley sides have bedrock consisting of sandstone and shale.{{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|accessdate = September 27, 2015}}
Watershed
The watershed of Newton Run has an area of {{convert|2.55|sqmi|km2}}. The stream is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Noxen.
As of 2012, Chief Gathering LLC has a permit to construct and maintain a {{convert|24|in|cm|adj=on}} natural gas pipeline and timber mat bridges crossing Newton Run and one of its unnamed tributaries.{{Citation|work = Pennsylvania Bulletin|url = http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol42/42-11/491d.html|title = WATER OBSTRUCTIONS AND ENCROACHMENTS|date = March 17, 2012|accessdate = September 27, 2015}}
History
Newton Run was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1199222.
In the 2000s, a wind farm in Wyoming County was proposed by BP Alternative Energy, but concerns about runoff from the wind farm were expressed. Newton Run was one of several streams in the project area.{{Citation|author = Josh Mrozinski|newspaper = Wyoming County Press Examiner|url = http://archives.wcexaminer.com/index.php/2009/01/14/dep-holds-hearing-on-wind-park-plans/|title = DEP holds hearing on wind park plans|date = January 14, 2009|accessdate = September 27, 2015}}
Biology
Wild trout naturally reproduce in Newton Run 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|accessdate = September 27, 2015}}
See also
- South Branch Roaring Run, next tributary of Roaring Run going upstream
- List of rivers of Pennsylvania
- List of tributaries of Bowman Creek
References
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Category:Rivers of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania