THE SPRING CREEK WATERSHED ATLAS

Stormwater is excess rain or snowmelt that floods the land surface. On an open undisturbed landscape most rainwater soaks into the...

Photo 1. Barn and Education Building at Millbrook Marsh. Located just over a mile from Penn State’s Beaver Stadium, Millbrook Marsh...

A female Callibaetis mayfly from Millbrook Marsh. Aquatic invertebrates are animals without backbones that live in water. Invertebrates...

Among all the invertebrates in Spring Creek, crayfish probably have the most profound effect on the ecology of the stream, yet they are...

The Spring Creek Watershed provides excellent birding opportunities and is home to an avid birding community. Below is a list of some of...

Introduction Pennsylvania (PA) is a unique state with regard to water management and law. The state boasts over 86,000 miles of streams,...

Centre County continues to grow with each U.S. Census. This growth is reflected in a 12% population increase from the 2000 Census which...

The Spring Creek Watershed is home to some of Pennsylvania’s most productive soils. These soils are a primary reason for the region’s...

The following article has been condensed from the publication “The Fishery of Spring Creek – A Watershed Under Siege” by Robert F....

From the standpoint of water, this is an unlikely place for a city of 100,000 people. Water is the resource that limits local population...

This article was originally published by the Susquehanna River Basin Commission: State of the Susquehanna 2010 Report. Spring Creek, a...

The following article has been condensed from the publication “The Fishery of Spring Creek – A Watershed Under Siege” by Robert F....

How many wetlands occur in the Spring Creek Watershed? This is a typical question arising when considering the water resources of a...

The natural beauty of the Spring Creek Watershed's landscape is increasingly transfigured by development. Its rural character, reflecting...

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...

Forested watersheds provide many benefits to humans. One of the most important is to provide clean, clear drinking water but forested...

The Spring Creek Watershed has two types of watershed boundaries as shown on this cross-section diagram. The surface-water boundary is on...

The Pennsylvania State Water Plan defined a Critical Water Planning Area (CWPA) as: “Any significant hydrologic unit where existing or...

The Susquehanna River Basin Commission (SRBC), in its 2005 Groundwater Management Plan, showed Potentially Stressed Areas on this map on...

Whether a headwaters trout stream or a larger river, all waterways have something in common; they are dynamic systems, which means they...