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Of the 4,248,000 pounds (1,927,000 kg) of sediment that flows through
Montour Run per year, 3,550,800 pounds (1,610,600 kg) per year comes from croplands. 271,400 pounds (123,100 kg) comes from hay and pastures, 224,800 pounds (102,000 kg) comes from
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load in
Montour Run is 11,638 pounds (5,279 kg). This equates to 4,248,000 pounds (1,927,000 kg) per year. A 28.2% reduction in the load would be required for the stream to meet the
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Montour Run is considered by the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection to be a coldwater fishery. The only fish living in the stream are
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95 percent of the soil in the
Montour Run watershed is in the hydrologic soil group B, while 5 percent is in the hydrologic soil group C.
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Bedrock geologic map of the
Bloomsburg and Mifflinville quadrangles and part of the Catawissa quadrangle, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
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The average annual rainfall in the
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in 1880 and it underwent repair in 1927. It is 29.9 feet (9.1 m) long and as of 2009, 150 vehicles per day travel over it.
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Hay and pastures occupy 800.6 acres of the watershed of
Montour Run and 538.7 acres of the watershed are occupied by cropland.
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The watershed of
Montour Run has an area of approximately 4.7 square miles. The watershed is in Montour Township, as well as
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There are 10.8 miles (17.4 km) of streams in the Montour Run watershed.
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Montour Run is 10 feet (3.0 m) wide. The banks of the stream experience
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106:Basin features
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336:, hay, and
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129:Montour Run
111:Progression
22:Montour Run
711:Categories
684:76°28′30″W
681:40°59′07″N
416:References
370:Bloomsburg
286:rock. The
210:The daily
98:Basin size
664:April 18,
642:April 18,
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312:Watershed
284:carbonate
273:sandstone
206:Hydrology
495:(1979),
399:See also
338:pastures
334:cropland
212:sediment
180:Grovania
382:minnows
376:Biology
357:History
342:wetland
306:erosion
145:Minnows
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238:runoff
200:Rupert
188:quarry
158:Course
90:Length
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269:shale
71:Mouth
16:River
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631:ISBN
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493:USGS
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