Fox Hollow (Mehoopany Creek)

Fox Hollow is a tributary of Mehoopany Creek in Wyoming County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) long and flows through Mehoopany Township. The watershed of the stream has an area of 1.83 square miles (4.7 km2). The Fox Hollow Swamp is listed on A Natural Areas Inventory of Wyoming County.

Fox Hollow
Etymologythe valley through which the stream flows
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationswamp in Forkston Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania
 • elevation1,023 feet (312 m)
Mouth 
 • location
Mehoopany Creek in Forkston Township, Wyoming County, Pennsylvania near Forkston
 • coordinates
41°33′17″N 76°06′05″W
 • elevation
722 feet (220 m)
Length0.8 miles (1.3 km)
Basin features
ProgressionMehoopany Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay

Course

Fox Hollow begins to the south of Little Round Top in a large wetland that extends into Windham Township. It flows east for several hundred feet before turning southeast for a few tenths of a mile, entering a valley. The stream then turns south for several hundred feet before turning southeast again for a few tenths of a mile. It then turns east-southeast for several hundred feet before reaching its confluence with Mehoopany Creek.[1]

Fox Hollow is approximately 0.8 miles (1.3 km) long.[1] The stream joins Mehoopany Creek 4.09 miles (6.58 km) upstream of its mouth.[2]

Geography and geology

The elevation near the mouth of Fox Hollow is 722 feet (220 m) above sea level.[3] The elevation near the source of Fox Hollow is 1,023 feet (312 m) above sea level.[1]

Fox Hollow is located near a mountain known as Little Round Top.[4]

Watershed and biology

The watershed of Fox Hollow has an area of 1.83 square miles (4.7 km2).[2] The valley of the stream is entirely within the United States Geological Survey quadrangle of Forkston.[3] Its mouth is located near Forkston.[2]

Appalachia Midstream Services, LLC. has been issued an Erosion and Sediment Control permit for which one of the receiving streams is Fox Hollow.[5]

The Fox Hollow Swamp in Windham Township is listed on the A Natural Areas Inventory of Wyoming County. It is a northern broadleaf conifer swamp in a location without many large wetlands and has the potential to serve as a habitat for rare species, though none were observed when the Inventory was compiled. The swamp has an area of 40 to 50 acres (16 to 20 ha) and originally consisted mainly of black ash, hemlock, and yellow birch. However, most of this was logged in the 1930s or later and was reforested. It contains windthrows, mossy hummocks, and some old hemlocks, as well as common local herbs. Sedges, golden ragwort, cinnamon fern, and swamp saxifrage are common in the swamp.[6]

The entirety of Fox Hollow is classified as a Coldwater Fishery. It is one of only three named direct tributaries of Mehoopany Creek to have this classification.[7]

History

The valley of Fox Hollow was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979. Its identifier in the Geographic Names Information System is 1175099.[3] The stream is not officially named, but instead takes the name of the valley through which it flows.[2]

Historically there was a one-room schoolhouse known as Fox Hollow in Windham Township. However, it was closed in 1919.[8]

See also

References
  1. United States Geological Survey, The National Map Viewer, archived from the original on April 5, 2012, retrieved August 9, 2016
  2. Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams (PDF), November 2, 2001, pp. 2, 12, retrieved August 9, 2016
  3. Geographic Names Information System, Feature Detail Report for: Fox Hollow, retrieved August 9, 2016
  4. United States Geological Survey (1987), braiwind.jpg, retrieved August 9, 2016
  5. "EROSION AND SEDIMENT CONTROL", Pennsylvania Bulletin, p. September 22, 2012, retrieved August 9, 2016
  6. Pennsylvania Natural Heritage Program (2001), A Natural Areas Inventory of Wyoming County, Pennsylvania (PDF), pp. 34, 77, retrieved August 9, 2016
  7. Pennsylvania Environmental Council, Wyoming County Office of Community Planning, Mehoopany Creek Watershed Association (March 31, 2007), MEHOOPANY CREEK and LITTLE MEHOOPANY CREEK WATERSHEDS RIVERS CONSERVATION PLAN (PDF), p. 17, retrieved August 9, 2016CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. The One-Room School in Wyoming County, PA, January 5, 2016, retrieved August 9, 2016
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