| Meadow Brook | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | near the Dunmore Cemetery in Dunmore, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania |
| • elevation | 935 ft (285 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Lackawanna River in Scranton, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°25′28″N 75°39′29″W / 41.42446°N 75.65813°W |
• elevation | 692 ft (211 m) |
| Length | 2.0 mi (3.2 km) |
| Basin size | 2.43 sq mi (6.3 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | typically ~0 (except for stormwater flows) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Lackawanna River → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay |
Meadow Brook is a tributary of the Lackawanna River in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 2.0 miles (3.2 km) long and flows through Dunmore and Scranton.[1] The watershed of the stream has an area of 2.43 square miles (6.3 km2), though it used to be considerably larger. It is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery, but many reaches of the stream have been destroyed by mining or post-mining development impacts. The stream flows through a culvert system for much of its length. However, there are areas where it is in an open concrete channel or has a natural streambed. There are also patches of old-growth forest along the stream in the Forest Hill Cemetery.
Meadow Brook has experienced significant flow loss and what flow it does have mainly consists of intermittent stormwater flows. There used to be springs, seeps, and wetlands at the stream's headwaters. However, a colliery (and later a landfill) was built over that area. The headwaters of Meadow Brook were sourced from an area of springs and wetland bogs at the base of Moosic Mountain. The natural habitat and drainage functions of these headwaters were destroyed by the Pennsylvania Coal Company’s Gypsy Grove Colliery beginning in the 1860’s. Today, the headwaters area land use is dominated by the Keystone Landfill and Interstate 81.The Dunmore Cemetery and the Forest Hill Cemetery are in the stream's vicinity. Meadow Brook is a first-order stream.
- ^ United States Geological Survey, The National Map Viewer, archived from the original on March 29, 2012, retrieved April 17, 2015