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Chapter 5

An Overview of the Tunkhannock Creek Watershed

Various Land Uses

bullet413 square miles (264,320 acres)
bullet97% Privately owned
bullet59% Forest
bullet32% Agricultural lands
bullet4% Urban and commercial

Part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed

 

 

Located in Northeastern PA

Spreading across three counties – Lackawanna, Susquehanna and Wyoming Counties

32 municipalities –

bulletAbington, Benton, Glenburn, Greenfield, La Plume, North Abington, Scott and West Abington Townships and Clarks Summit and Dalton Boroughs in Lackawanna County
bulletArarat, Bridgewater, Brooklyn, Clifford, Gibson, Harford, Herrick, Jackson, Lathrop, Lenox, New Milford, Springville and Thompson Townships and Hop Bottom Borough in Susquehanna County
bulletClinton, Lemon, Nicholson, Tunkhannock and Overfield Townships and Factoryville, Nicholson and Tunkhannock Boroughs in Wyoming

10 School Systems

Traversed by Interstate 81 and State Route 11
North and Route 6 to the West, With a few State roads

Township roads are primarily dirt & gravel

With abandoned and active rail lines
tying our communities together

5 Sub-watersheds with numerous creeks and unnamed tributaries

   

Dotted with wetlands

2 State Game Lands & a State Park

And small urban centers

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