Packers Run

Packers Run begins on Montour Ridge in Point Township. It flows west-southwest, passing near the Devils Feather Bed. After a few tenths of a mile, the stream turns southwest and then south, leaving Montour Ridge and entering a plain. Some distance further downstream, it receives an unnamed tributary and turns southwest a short distance later. After several tenths of a mile, the stream crosses US Route 11. A short distance further downstream, it reaches its confluence with the Susquehanna River.

Packers Run joins the Susquehanna River {{convert|131.62|mi|km}} upstream of its mouth.{{Citation|url = http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf|title = Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams|date = November 2, 2001|accessdate = October 24, 2014}}

The elevation near the mouth of Packers Run is {{convert|420|ft|m}} above sea level.{{Citation|url = http://www.topozone.com/states/Pennsylvania.asp?county=Northumberland&feature=Stream|title = Topographic Map Stream Features in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania|accessdate = October 24, 2014}} The elevation of the stream's source is between {{convert|840|ft|m}} and {{convert|860|ft|m}} above sea level.

Packers Run is located near the Devils Feather Bed, which is a geographical feature on Montour Ridge.{{Citation|url = http://us.geoview.info/packers_run,143271708w|title = Packers Run|accessdate = October 24, 2014}}{{Citation|author = G. Michael Clark|url = https://books.google.com/books?id=mmCAAAAAMAAJ&q=%22Devils+Feather+Bed%22|title = Central Appalachian periglacial geomorphology|page = 217|year = 1992}}

At least one bridge crosses a tributary of Packers Run. This bridge crosses T-576. A bridge replacement operation was planned for the bridge in 1989, with an estimated total cost of $425,000.{{Citation|url = http://www.palrb.us/pamphletlaws/19001999/1989/0/act/0056.pdf|title = Act 1989-56|page = 159|year = 1989|accessdate = October 24, 2014}}

The watershed of Packers Run has an area of {{convert|1.58|sqmi|km2}}. The stream is in the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Riverside.

According to staff from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, Packers Run was inadvertently left out of the Chapter 93.9 Drainage List, along with several other streams in its vicinity. This error was proposed for correction of February 25, 2013.{{Citation|author = Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection|url = http://www.depweb.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/document/1330024/finaltr13_ch_93_corrections-022513_xls_pdf|title = Section 93.9a to 93.9z (Drainage Lists)|date = February 25, 2013|accessdate = October 23, 2014|author-link = Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection}} However, the streams were not added to the list and were instead listed as "tributaries to the Susquehanna River".{{Citation|author = Independent Regulatory Review Commission|url = http://www.irrc.state.pa.us/docs/2954/AGENCY/2954FF.pdf|title = Water Quality Standards – Triennial Review|accessdate = October 24, 2014}} They remain listed as such as of 2013.{{Citation|work=Pennsylvania Code|url = http://www.pabulletin.com/secure/data/vol43/43-29/1327.html|title = Rules and Regulations Title 25—Environmental Protection Environmental Quality Board [ 25 PA. CODE CH. 93 ] Triennial Review of Water Quality Standards [43 Pa.B. 4080] [Saturday, July 20, 2013]|date = July 20, 2013|accessdate = October 24, 2014}}

Packers Run was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1183176.{{Citation|author = Geographic Names Information System|url = http://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1183176,Packers%20Run|title = Feature Detail Report for: Packers Run|accessdate = October 24, 2014|author-link = Geographic Names Information System}}

Packer Run is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery. All of the tributaries of the Susquehanna River between the West Branch Susquehanna River and Mahoning Creek also have these designations.

• Raups Run, next tributary of the Susquehanna River going upriver
• List of rivers of Pennsylvania

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Category:Rivers of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania

Category:Tributaries of the Susquehanna River

Category:Rivers of Pennsylvania