Yankee Run Explained

Yankee Run
Source1 Location:valley in a mountain in Miles Township, Pennsylvania
Mouth Location:Rapid Run in Miles Township, Pennsylvania
Mouth Coordinates:40.9851°N -77.2257°W
Progression:Rapid Run → Buffalo CreekWest Branch Susquehanna RiverSusquehanna RiverChesapeake Bay
Length:1miles
Name Etymology:Benjamin Strawbridge, a Yankee
Source1 Elevation:between 1780feetand1800feetft (andft)
Mouth Elevation:1594feet
Basin Size:0.83sqmi
Tributaries Right:one unnamed tributary

Yankee Run is a tributary of Rapid Run in Centre County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 1miles long and flows through Miles Township. The watershed of the stream has an area of 0.83sqmi. It is a small stream and is named after Benjamin Strawbridge. Wild trout naturally reproduce within it.

Course

Yankee Run begins in a valley in a mountain in Miles Township. It flows west-southwest through the valley for several tenths of a mile before turning south. The stream receives a very short unnamed tributary from the right and enters a much larger valley, where it crosses Pennsylvania Route 192. A short distance further downstream, it reaches its confluence with Rapid Run.

Yankee Run joins Rapid Run 13.34miles upstream of its mouth.

Tributaries

Yankee Run has no named tributaries. However, it does have an unnamed tributary, which joins Yankee Run 0.39miles upstream of its mouth.

Geography and geology

The elevation near the mouth of Yankee Run is 1594feet above sea level. The elevation of the stream's mouth is between 1780feetand1800feetft (andft) above sea level.

Yankee Run is located to the south of McCall Mountain and to the east of Hough Mountain. The stream is located near the Brush Valley Narrows. It was described in John Blair Linn's book History of Centre and Clinton Counties as a "little stream".

Watershed and biology

The watershed of Yankee Run has an area of 0.83sqmi. The stream is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Hartleton.

Wild trout naturally reproduce in Yankee Run from its headwaters downstream to its mouth. Additionally, its unnamed tributary is being considered for wild trout designation.

History

Yankee Run was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1191857. Rapid Run, which Yankee Run is a tributary of, is also known as Yankee Run in some sources.

Benjamin Strawbridge, an early settler in the Brush Valley, settled in the vicinity of Yankee Run after inhabiting a number of places in the valley. The stream is named after Strawbridge, who, is described as a Yankee in John Blair Linn's book History of Centre and Clinton Counties.

The unnamed tributary to Yankee Run was surveyed by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission on July 16, 2013.

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