Spring Creek is a

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of White Deer Hole Creek in Lycoming County and Union County, in

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, in the United States. It is approximately long and flows through Washington Township in Lycoming County and Gregg Township in Union County. The watershed of the creek has an area of . The creek is not designated as an impaired waterbody. The area in its vicinity was settled by 1787 and a

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was constructed on it in 1842. A number of bridges have been constructed over the creek. Its drainage basin is designated as a Trout Stocked Fishery and a Migratory Fishery.

Course

Spring Creek begins on the base of North White Deer Ridge in Washington Township, Lycoming County. It flows southeast for several tenths of a mile before turning east-northeast for several tenths of a mile, crossing Pennsylvania Route 554 and receiving two unnamed tributaries from the

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. The creek then gradually turns southeast, receiving two more unnamed tributaries from the left and passing through a small pond. It then receives a very short unnamed tributary from the

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before turning east-northeast. After a few tenths of a mile, it receives an unnamed tributary from the left and heads in a mostly south-southeasterly direction for a few miles, receiving two unnamed tributaries from the

and two from the

. The creek then turns east for several tenths of a mile, exiting Washington Township and Lycoming County and entering Gregg Township, Union County. Here, the creek meanders east-southeast for a few miles, receiving two unnamed tributaries from the left and two from he right before crossing

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and reaching its confluence with White Deer Hole Creek. Spring Creek joins White Deer Hole Creek upstream of its mouth.

Hydrology

Spring Creek is not designated as an impaired waterbody. The creek's watershed is a

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/ NRCS priority watershed in Lycoming County.

Geography and geology

The elevation near the

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of Spring Creek is above

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. The elevation of the creek's

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is above sea level.

Watershed

The

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of Spring Creek has an area of . The mouth of the stream is in the

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quadrangle of Allenwood. However, its source is in the quadrangle of Williamsport. The stream also passes through the quadrangle of Montoursville South. Its mouth is located within of Spring Garden.

History

Spring Creek was entered into the

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on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1188221. Historically, an Indian path followed Spring Creek from its mouth to its source and then over Bald Eagle Mountain, to

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, and beyond. In 1787, two of the fourteen families of White settlers in the White Deer Hole Valley were located on Spring Creek. Jesse Weeks inhabited a cabin on the northern side of the creek, approximately upstream of its mouth. An Englishman named Daniel Sunderland occupied a cabin upstream from Weeks. Isaac Hains built the fifth mill in Washington Township, Lycoming County on Spring Creek. The Spring Creek church was established on Mill Road near Spring Creek on January 7, 1877. A concrete

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bridge carrying T-528 over Spring Creek was built in Gregg Township, Union County in 1919 and is long. A prestessed

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or girders bridge carrying

over the creek was built in 2007 west of Spring Garden and is long. A two-span concrete stringer/multi-beam or girder bridge carrying State Route 2003 over the creek was built in 1915 northeast of Elimsport and is long. A prestresed

or girders bridge carrying State Route 2001 across Spring Creek was constructed in 1959 and repaired in 2011. This bridge is long and is also northeast of Elimsport.

Biology

The drainage basin of Spring Creek is designated as a Trout Stocked Fishery and a Migratory Fishery. The creek has been described as providing "excellent" opportunities for angling.

References

{{authority control Rivers of Union County, Pennsylvania Rivers of Lycoming County, Pennsylvania Tributaries of the West Branch Susquehanna River Rivers of Pennsylvania