Klingermans Run (also known as Klingerman Run) is a tributary of

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, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Roaring Creek Township and Beaver Township. The watershed of the stream has an area of . The stream is considered to be a High-Quality Coldwater Fishery and

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. The main rock formations in the stream's watershed are the Mauch Chunk Formation and the Pocono Formation and the main soils are the Leck Kill soil and the Hazleton soil.

Course

Klingermans Run begins on Catawissa Mountain in Roaring Creek Township. It flows east and very slightly north for more than a mile, entering Beaver Township before turning north-northeast for a few tenths of a mile. The stream then turns northeast for some distance before turning north. A few tenths of a mile downstream, it reaches its confluence with Catawissa Creek near Beaver Station Road. Klingermans Run joins Catawissa Creek upstream of its mouth.

Tributaries

Klingermans Run has no tributaries, named or unnamed.

Hydrology

The concentration of

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in the waters of Klingermans Run is 1 milligram per liter. The pH of the stream is 6.0. The stream's

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is 2 milligrams per liter. At 12:55 P.M. on June 23, 1997, the air temperature in the vicinity of Klingermans Run was measured to be . The water temperature of the stream at that time was . The specific conductivity of the waters of the stream is 20 umhos.

Geography and geology

The elevation near the mouth of Klingermans Run is above

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. The elevation at the source of the stream is approximately above sea level. The lower reaches of Klingermans Run are on rock of the

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. The upper reaches of the stream are on rock of the

Pocono Formation The Mississippian Pocono Formation is a mapped bedrock unit in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and West Virginia, in the United States. It is also known as the Pocono Group in Maryland and West Virginia, and the upper part of the Pocono Formation is somet ...

. The Leck Kill soil is found on the lower reaches of the stream. The rest of the stream is on Hazleton soil. Klingermans Run has a high gradient of 66.1 meters per kilometer. The stream is wide.

Watershed and history

The watershed of Klingermans Run has an area of . The watershed of the stream is mostly in Beaver Township, but a substantial portion is in Roaring Creek Township. Almost all of the watershed is in forested land, but a small portion is in

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land. The headwaters of the stream are in Pennsylvania State Game Lands Number 58, as is the rest of the upper half of the watershed. Klingermans Run is the nearest stream to Cranberry Run. The two streams have similar geology and land use. Klingermans Run is in the

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quadrangle for Shumans. 24 percent of the length of Klingermans Run is within of a road. 29 percent of the stream's length is within of a road and 43 percent is within of a road. In 1990, the

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density of the watershed was 9 people per square kilometer. W. Klingerman, J. Klingerman, and I. Klingerman all historically owned property in the vicinity of Klingermans Run.

Biology

Klingermans Run is considered by the

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to be a High-Quality Coldwater Fishery, but was considered to be a Coldwater Fishery as late as 1997. The stream is considered by the

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to be Class A Wild Trout Waters between its headwaters and its mouth. It is inhabited by

brook trout The brook trout (''Salvelinus fontinalis'') is a species of freshwater fish in the char genus ''Salvelinus'' of the salmon family Salmonidae native to Eastern North America in the United States and Canada. Two ecological forms of brook trout h ...

, but they are the only species of fish in the stream. These trout range between and in length. Their

biomass Biomass is a term used in several contexts: in the context of ecology it means living organisms, and in the context of bioenergy it means matter from recently living (but now dead) organisms. In the latter context, there are variations in how ...

is 33.90 kilograms per hectare. Trout also naturally reproduce in the stream. Klingermans Run was described as a poor site for angling in a 1997 report.

References

{{authority control Rivers of Columbia County, Pennsylvania Tributaries of Catawissa Creek Rivers of Pennsylvania