| Negro Hollow | |
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Satellite map of Negro Hollow. The red dot is the stream's source and blue dot is its mouth. | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Bears Head in Delano Township, Pennsylvania |
| • elevation | 1,800 ft (550 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Messers Run in East Union Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania |
• elevation | 1,128 ft (344 m) |
| Length | 1.7 mi (2.7 km) |
| Basin size | 1.57 sq mi (4.1 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Messers Run → Catawissa Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | "Trib 27607 To Negro Hollow" |
Negro Hollow (also known as Negro Hollow Run[1]) is the only named tributary of Messers Run in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.[2] It is approximately 1.7 miles (2.7 km) long and flows through Delano Township, Kline Township, and East Union Township.[2] The watershed of the stream has an area of 1.57 square miles (4.1 km2). The stream is considered to be a High-Quality Coldwater Fishery and Class A Wild Trout Waters. Two species of fish inhabit the stream, including brook trout. The main rock formations in the stream's watershed are the Mauch Chunk Formation and the Pottsville Formation and the main soils are the Leck Kill soil and the Hezleton soil. The stream has one unnamed tributary.
- ^ Water Supply Commission of Pennsylvania (1921), Water Resources Inventory Report, pp. 172, 276
- ^ a b United States Geological Survey, The National Map Viewer, retrieved October 8, 2014