Quaker Run (Shamokin Creek tributary)

Quaker Run
Quaker Run looking downstream in Ranshaw
Etymology	Isaac Tomlinson, a member of the Society of Friends
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	near Pennsylvania Route 61 in Kulpmont, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
• elevation	between 1,100 and 1,120 feet (335 and 341 m)
Mouth
• location	Shamokin Creek in Coal Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
• coordinates	40°47′02″N 76°31′22″W / 40.7840°N 76.5229°W / 40.7840; -76.5229
• elevation	830 ft (250 m)
Length	3.7 mi (6.0 km)
Basin size	3.62 sq mi (9.4 km2)
Basin features
Progression	Shamokin Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay
Tributaries
• right	one unnamed tributary

Quaker Run is a tributary of Shamokin Creek in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 3.7 miles (6.0 km) long and flows through Kulpmont, Mount Carmel Township, and Coal Township.^[1] The watershed of the stream has an area of 3.62 square miles (9.4 km²). The stream has one unnamed tributary. Quaker Run is designated as an impaired waterbody due to metals from abandoned mine drainage. Raw sewage and stormwater have also been discharged into it at times.

The channel of Quaker Run is flanked by walls in some reaches. Iron precipitate is also caked thickly along the stream. However, a restoration project has restored part of the stream channel and constructed wetlands. The stream was one of the first places in the Southern and Middle Coal Fields of Pennsylvania where anthracite coal was discovered. A few bridges have also been constructed across the stream. The stream's watershed is designated as a coldwater and migratory fishery. It used to have much fish life, but as of 1999, it had none.