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THE SPRING CREEK WATERSHED ATLAS
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Land Cover - Its Impact on Water Quality
Map of land use in the Spring Creek Watershed in 2014. By clicking on the map above, you will open it as a pdf image that you can...
Betsie Blumberg, Atlas Workgroup Member
Jan 11, 20176 min read
The Importance of Forests to Water
Forested watersheds provide many benefits to humans. One of the most important is to provide clean, clear drinking water but forested...
Bryan Swistock
Jan 11, 20178 min read
Why two boundaries?
The Spring Creek Watershed has two types of watershed boundaries as shown on this cross-section diagram. The surface-water boundary is on...
Todd Giddings, Ph.D., P.G.
Jan 11, 20171 min read
Critical Water Planning Area Designation
The Pennsylvania State Water Plan defined a Critical Water Planning Area (CWPA) as: “Any significant hydrologic unit where existing or...
Todd Giddings, Ph.D., P.G.
Jan 11, 20172 min read
Potentially Stressed Area Designation
The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC), in its 2005 Groundwater Management Plan, showed Potentially Stressed Areas on this map on...
Todd Giddings, Ph.D., P.G.
Jan 11, 20172 min read
Stream Habitat Improvement and Restoration – Dynamic Nature of Streams
Whether a headwaters trout stream or a larger river, all waterways have something in common; they are dynamic systems, which means they...
Bob Vierck, Trout Unlimited
Jan 10, 20172 min read
Sourcewater Protection Through Zoning
This article is in preparation. This map shows the location of the Ridge Overlay Zone that protects source-water on Tussey Mountain in...
Todd Giddings, Ph.D., P.G.
Jan 10, 20171 min read
Geography of the Spring Creek Watershed
The Spring Creek watershed lies along the eastern edge of the Appalachian Mountains, which extend from Maine to Georgia. Geologically,the...
Robert Carline, Atlas Workgroup Member
Jan 10, 20174 min read
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