Kingsbury Brook

Kingsbury Brook

Kingsbury Brook in its lower reaches
Basin
Main source valley southeast Southdale, in Huntington Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
between 820 and 840 feet (250 and 260 m)
River mouth Huntington Creek in Huntington Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania
692 ft (211 m)
41°08′04″N 76°16′21″W / 41.13455°N 76.27248°W / 41.13455; -76.27248 (Mouth of Kingsbury Brook)Coordinates: 41°08′04″N 76°16′21″W / 41.13455°N 76.27248°W / 41.13455; -76.27248 (Mouth of Kingsbury Brook)
Progression Huntington Creek → Fishing Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay
Basin size 1.27 sq mi (3.3 km2)
Physical characteristics
Length 1.5 mi (2.4 km)
Features
Tributaries
  • Left:
    one unnamed tributary
  • Right:
    one unnamed tributary

Kingsbury Brook is a tributary of Huntington Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 1.5 miles (2.4 km) long and flows through Huntington Township.[1] The watershed of the stream has an area of 1.27 square miles (3.3 km2) and it has two unnamed tributaries. Wild trout naturally reproduce in the stream. The surficial geology in its vicinity mainly consists of alluvium, Wisconsinan Till, Wisconsinan Ice-Contact Stratified Drift, bedrock, and wetlands.

Course

Kingsbury Brook begins in a valley southeast of the community of Southdale, in Huntington Township. It flows southwest for a short distance before turning south-southwest and then west-southwest, passing though a small pond. The stream then turns southwest and receives an unnamed tributary from the right. It then turns south for a few tenths of a mile before crossing State Route 4006 and then receives an unnamed tributary from the left. A short distance further downstream, it reaches its confluence with Huntington Creek.[1]

Kingsbury Brook joins Huntington Creek 6.08 miles (9.78 km) upstream of its mouth.[2]

Tributaries

Kingsbury Brook has no named tributaries. However, it does have two unnamed tributaries. The first is approximately 0.7 miles (1.1 km) long and the second is approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) long and passes through several ponds.[1]

Geography and geology

The elevation near the mouth of Kingsbury Brook is 692 feet (211 m) above sea level.[3] The elevation near the stream's source is between 820 and 840 feet (250 and 260 m) above sea level.[1]

The surficial geology along Kingsbury Brook in its lower reaches mainly features alluvium, which contains stratified sand, silt, gravel, and some boulders. Some Wisconsinan Ice-Contact Stratified Drift, which contains stratified sand and gravel along with some boulders, is present along the sides of the stream's valley. Further away from the stream, the surficial geology includes a glacial or resedimented till known as Wisconsinan Till, as well as a patch of Wisconsinan Bouldery Till. The upper reaches of the stream mainly have Wisconsinan Till in their vicinity. The surficial geology of the area features bedrock consisting of sandstone and shale in a few places.[4]

Watershed

The watershed of Kingsbury Brook has an area of 1.27 square miles (3.3 km2).[2] The stream is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Stillwater.[3]

History

Kingsbury Brook was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1178500.[3]

There is a patch of wetland in the vicinity of the lower reaches of Kingsbury Brook.[4] The stream is near the community of Southdale.[5]

Biology

The drainage basin of Kingsbury Brook is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery.[6] Wild trout naturally reproduce in the stream from its headwaters downstream to its mouth.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 United States Geological Survey, The National Map Viewer, retrieved March 10, 2015
  2. 1 2 Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams (PDF), November 2, 2001, p. 81, retrieved March 9, 2015
  3. 1 2 3 Geographic Names Information System, Feature Detail Report for: Kingsbury Brook, retrieved March 10, 2015
  4. 1 2 Duane D. Braun (2012), Surficial geology of the Stillwater 7.5-minute quadrangle, Columbia and Luzerne Counties, Pennsylvania, p. 18, retrieved March 10, 2015
  5. ↑ Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Environmental Resources (1970), Water Resources Bulletin, Issue 6, Part 1, p. 84, retrieved March 10, 2015
  6. ↑ § 93.9k. Drainage List K. Susquehanna River Basin in Pennsylvania Susquehanna River, Pennsylvania Code, retrieved March 10, 2015
  7. ↑ Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (January 2015), Pennsylvania Wild Trout Waters (Natural Reproduction) - Jan 2015 (PDF), p. 49, retrieved March 10, 2015
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