Black Gut Explained

Black Gut (known locally as "The Gut")^[1] is a 1.4adj=midNaNadj=mid^[2] distributary connecting the Susquehanna River to Hartman Run in York County, Pennsylvania in the United States.

It was formerly a southeast flowing branch of the Conewago Creek bifurcation where it had once separated Brunner and Lowe's Island from mainland York County in East Manchester Township, joining the Susquehanna at the village of Saginaw. This delta no longer exists due to expansion of the Brunner Island Steam Electric Station.

Another branch, known as the River Gut, ran 0.5 miles (0.80 km) from the gut to the Susquehanna. This branch had separated Brunner and Lowe's Island before it was eventually filled in, joining both islands into one.^[3]

See also

• List of rivers of Pennsylvania
• Conewago Creek (west)

References

40.074°N -76.676°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: GNIS entry for Black Gut (Feature ID # 1169706). Geographic Names Information System. Geographic Names Information System. 2019-03-24.
2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed March 23, 2019
3. Web site: Bridging York County's Gut. 13 March 2015 . June Lloyd. March 23, 2019.