Little Brier Run
| Little Brier Run | |
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Little Brier Run in its lower reaches
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| Basin features | |
| Main source | shallow valley in Jordan Township, Lycoming County, Pennsylvania between 1,280 and 1,300 feet (390 and 400 m) |
| River mouth | Little Fishing Creek in Pine Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania 1,004 ft (306 m) 41°14′16″N 76°27′45″W / 41.2378°N 76.4624°WCoordinates: 41°14′16″N 76°27′45″W / 41.2378°N 76.4624°W |
| Progression | Little Fishing Creek → Fishing Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay |
| Basin size | 2.62 sq mi (6.8 km2) |
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| Physical characteristics | |
| Length | 2.9 mi (4.7 km) |
Little Brier Run is a tributary of Little Fishing Creek in Lycoming County and Columbia County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 2.9 miles (4.7 km) and flows through Jordan Township in Lycoming County and Pine Township in Columbia County. The watershed of the stream has an area of 2.62 square miles (6.8 km2). The stream itself is inhabited by trout and is considered to be an Exceptional Value stream and a Migratory Fishery. It has one unnamed tributary. Various wetlands are present in the vicinity of the stream and its unnamed tributary.
Little Brier Run begins in a shallow valley in Jordan Township, Lycoming County, just south of Pennsylvania Route 118. It flows south-southeast for several tenths of a mile, exiting Jordan Township and Lycoming County.
Upon exiting Lycoming County, Little Brier Run enters Pine Township, Columbia County. It continues flowing south-southeast for a short distance before turning south for several tenths of a mile. It then turns south-southeast for less than a mile and its valley deepens. After this, the stream turns south and slightly west for several tenths of a mile before exiting the valley and receiving an unnamed tributary from the . It then turns east-southeast for a short distance before turning south-southwest and then south. The stream then crosses Hickory Nut Hill Road and turns south-southeast, reaching its confluence with Little Fishing Creek after a short distance.
Little Brier Run joins Little Fishing Creek 18.90 miles (30.42 km) upstream of its mouth.
The elevation near the mouth of Little Brier Run is 1,004 feet (306 m) above sea level. The elevation of the stream's source is between 1,280 feet (390 m) and 1,300 feet (400 m) above sea level.
The watershed of Little Brier Run has an area of 2.62 square miles (6.8 km2). The mouth of the stream is in the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Benton. However, the source of the stream is in the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Elk Grove.
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