| Zerbe Run Zerbe Creek | |
|---|---|
 Zerbe Run looking downstream in Trevorton | |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • elevation | 861 ft (262 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Mahanoy Creek |
• coordinates | 40°45′16″N 76°45′25″W / 40.75456°N 76.75694°W |
• elevation | 509 ft (155 m) |
| Length | 8.3 mi (13.4 km) |
| Basin size | 13.1 sq mi (34 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Mahanoy Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | four unnamed tributaries |
Zerbe Run (also known as Zerbe Creek) is a tributary of Mahanoy Creek in Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 8.3 miles (13.4 km) long and flows through Coal Township, Zerbe Township, and Little Mahanoy Township.[1] The watershed of the stream has an area of 13.1 square miles (34 km2). Part of the stream is impaired by abandoned mine drainage, but its upper reaches are not impacted by mining. Several mine drainage discharges occur within the watershed. The stream is not far from the Western Middle Anthracite Field.
Zerbe Run is one of the major tributaries of Mahanoy Creek. Its watershed makes up 8.1 percent of the Mahanoy Creek drainage basin. A number of bridges have been constructed over the stream. Its watershed is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery, but there are no fish in the stream. However, the Zerbe Run Rod And Gun Club Pond is stocked with trout and numerous macroinvertebrate taxa inhabit the stream. An area in its upper reaches is on the Northumberland County Natural Areas Inventory.
- ^ United States Geological Survey, The National Map Viewer, archived from the original on March 29, 2012, retrieved December 15, 2015