Mitchler Run is a

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of Huntington Creek in

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, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Ross Township. The watershed of the stream has an area of and the stream has no named tributaries. The stream is considered by the

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to be

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for

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Course

Mitchler Run begins near the base of a

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in Ross Township. It flows east for several hundred feet before turning south-southwest and entering a valley. After several tenths of a mile, the stream crosses

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and continues flowing south-southwest. Some distance further downstream, it turns southeast. After several hundred feet, it reaches its confluence with Huntington Creek. Mitchler Run joins Huntington Creek upstream of its mouth.

Tributaries

No tributaries of Mitchler Run, named or unnamed, are shown on

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. However, a 1958 map by the Pennsylvania Fish Commission shows several unnamed tributaries (but no named tributaries) of the stream.

Hydrology, geography, and watershed

The concentration of

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in Mitchler Run is 20 milligrams per liter. The elevation near the mouth of Mitchler Run is above

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. The elevation of the stream's source is between above sea level. The

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of Mitchler Run has an area of . Mitchler Run is entirely in the

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quadrangle of Sweet Valley. The stream is also entirely on land that is

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and closed to the public.

History

Mitchler Run's identifier in the

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is 1181380. The stream was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Mitchler Run has had its name since at least 1958, when it was on a map created by the Pennsylvania Fish Commission.

Biology

Mitchler Run is considered by the

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

. The stream is one of six direct tributaries of Huntington Creek to be designated as Class A Wild Trout Waters. The others are Shingle Run, Arnold Creek, Lick Branch, Phillips Creek, and part of Kitchen Creek.

References

External links

Mitchler Run on Google MapsMitchler Run on historicmapworks.com
{{authority control Rivers of Luzerne County, Pennsylvania Tributaries of Fishing Creek (North Branch Susquehanna River) Rivers of Pennsylvania