Briar Creek (Susquehanna tributary)

General data

Name: Briar Creek (Susquehanna tributary)
Water system: Susquehanna River
Water type: River
Progression: Susquehanna River -> Chesapeake Bay -> Atlantic Ocean -> Planet Earth
Climates: Temperate
Continents: North America
Countries: United States of America

Description

Briar Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is 7.77 miles (12.50 km) in length. The stream has a watershed area of 33.0 square miles. It flows through Briar Creek Township and the borough of Briar Creek. The area near the creek was originally inhabited by the Lenni Lenape and the Shawanese. European settlers arrived in the 1770s. Briar Creek has two named tributaries: West Branch Briar Creek and East Branch Briar Creek. The discharge of Briar Creek ranges from 0.06 to 50 cubic feet per second. The water temperature of the creek ranges from 32 to 80.96 °F (0.00 to 27.20 °C). The rock in the watershed mostly consists of sandstone, siltstone, mudstone, limestone, and shale. There are Pennsylvania State Game Lands in the watershed, as well as a lake known as the Briar Creek Reservoir. In the lake, the most common species of fish is yellow perch.

Briar Creek (Susquehanna tributary)

General data

Description

Rivers

East Branch Briar Creek

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