Halfway Run
| Halfway Run | |
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Halfway Run near its mouth
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| Basin features | |
| Main source | valley in Hartley Township, Union County, Pennsylvania between 1,640 and 1,660 feet (500 and 510 m) |
| River mouth | Rapid Run at Halfway Lake in Hartley Township, Union County, Pennsylvania 1,535 ft (468 m) 40°59′29″N 77°11′20″W / 40.9914°N 77.1890°WCoordinates: 40°59′29″N 77°11′20″W / 40.9914°N 77.1890°W |
| Progression | Rapid Run → Buffalo Creek → West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay |
| Basin size | 1.51 sq mi (3.9 km2) |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 1.8 mi (2.9 km) |
Halfway Run is a tributary of Rapid Run in Union County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 1.8 miles (2.9 km) long and flows through Hartley Township. The watershed of the stream has an area of 1.51 square miles (3.9 km2). A number of waterlogged pingo scars occur near the stream. The lake is in the vicinity of the Halfway Run Natural Area and R.B. Winter State Park. Numerous tree species inhabit the land near the stream.
Halfway Run begins in a valley in Hartley Township, near the border between that township and Lewis Township. It flows in a generally west-southwesterly direction alongside Bake Oven Mountain for virtually its entire length, receiving an unnamed tributary flowing from a spring called Boiling Spring. Eventually, the stream turns southwest and almost immediately enters Halfway Lake and reaches its confluence with Rapid Run.
Halfway Run joins Rapid Run 11.08 miles (17.83 km) upstream of its mouth.
Halfway Run is not designated as an impaired waterbody. Halfway Run is a clear stream.
The elevation near the mouth of Halfway Run is 1,535 feet (468 m) above sea level. The elevation of the stream's source is between 1,640 and 1,660 feet (500 and 510 m) above sea level. The stream has a width of approximately 10 feet (3.0 m).
Halfway Run was originally part of the headwaters of Elk Creek. However, approximately one million years ago, the stream and Rapid Run moved from the Penns Creek drainage basin to the West Branch Susquehanna River drainage basin.
A number of waterlogged pingo scars occur in the vicinity of Halfway Run. Before these pingo scars were discovered, the only known pingo scars in the United States were located on a plain in Illinois. Muck in some of the more sizable pingos along the stream is up to 15 feet (4.6 m) deep and contains plant parts such as wood that are 12,800 years old. Near the stream's headwaters, the scars appear to merge.
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