Tenmile Run (Susquehanna River tributary)

Tenmile Run
Tenmile Run in its lower reaches looking upstream
Map
Etymologynamed for its location near a ten-mile post in a road
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationMifflin Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
Mouth 
 • location
Susquehanna River in Mifflin Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania
 • elevation
463 ft (141 m)
Length6.1 mi (9.8 km)
Basin size8.24 sq mi (21.3 km2)

Tenmile Run (also known as Ten Mile Run or Ten-mile Run[1]) is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in eastern Columbia County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is 6.1 miles (9.8 km) long and is entirely in Mifflin Township.[2] The stream's watershed has an area of 8.24 square miles. The first settlers in the area arrived in the late 1700s and a number of mills have been built on the stream. It is designated as a High-Quality Coldwater Fishery and as Class A Wild Trout Waters.

  1. ^ J.H. Beers (1915), Historical and Biographical Annals of Columbia and Montour Counties, Pennsylvania, retrieved May 31, 2014
  2. ^ Google Maps, 2014, retrieved May 31, 2014