Stone Run (Bowman Creek tributary)

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Stone Run begins on a plateau in Noxen Township. It flows south-southeast for several tenths of a mile and enters a valley to the north of Stone Mountain before turning east-northeast. After several tenths of a mile, the stream turns southeast before turning east-northeast for a few tenths of a mile and then turning east-southeast. After several tenths of a mile, it turns east-northeast for several hundred feet and reaches its confluence with Bowman Creek.

Stone Run joins Bowman Creek {{convert|15.56|mi|km}} upstream of its mouth.{{Citation|url = http://www.lycoming.edu/cwi/pdfs/paGazetterOfStreams.pdf|title = Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams|page = 136|date = November 2, 2001|accessdate = October 11, 2015}}

Stone 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 = October 11, 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}} The concentration of alkalinity in the stream is {{convert|9|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|accessdate = October 11, 2015}}

The elevation near the mouth of Stone Run is {{convert|1109|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:1199626,Stone%20Run|title = Feature Detail Report for: Stone Run|accessdate = October 11, 2015}} The elevation of the stream's source is between {{convert|2200|and|2220|ft|m|0}} above sea level.

The surficial geology along the lower reaches of Stone Run mainly consists of alluvium, while Wisconsinan Ice-Contact Stratified Drift occurs in the vicinity. However, further upstream, the surficial geology consists of Wisconsinan Till and Wisconsinan Bouldery 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|accessdate = October 11, 2015}}

The watershed of Stone Run has an area of {{convert|2.43|sqmi|km2}}. The stream is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Noxen.

A total of 77 percent of the length of Stone Run is on public land that is open to access. The remaining 23 percent is on private land that is closed to access.

Stone Run was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1199626. The stream is also known as Slife Run. This variant name appears on a 1946 United States Geological Survey map.{{Citation|author = Geographic Names Information System|url = http://gnis.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=136:4:0::NO:4:P4_FID,FNAME:1199626,Slife%20Run|title = Variant Citation|accessdate = October 11, 2015}}

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. Stone 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}}

The drainage basin of Stone 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|accessdate = October 11, 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|accessdate = October 11, 2015}} It 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.

In the 1930s, Stone Run was stocked with fingerling brook trout.{{Citation|author = Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission|url = http://fishandboat.com/anglerboater/75archives/1930s/1936arch/09september1936.pdf|title = Pennsylvania Angler|page = 26|date = September 1936|accessdate = October 11, 2015|url-status = dead|archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150714072051/http://fishandboat.com/anglerboater/75archives/1930s/1936arch/09september1936.pdf|archivedate = July 14, 2015}}

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

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Category:Tributaries of Bowman Creek

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