part of the watershed. The Chenango-Pope-Holly series is found in an area in the extreme western area of the watershed. The Hagerstown-Edom-Washington series is found in the eastern section of the watershed. The Leck Kill-Meckesville-Calvin soil series occurs in the southwestern and north-central areas of the watershed. The stream banks of Muddy Run are eroded in some locations. The elevation of the creek at its mouth is above sea level. Watershed The area of the Muddy Run watershed is approximately . 75% of the watershed is devoted to agriculture 15% is forested, and 10% is developed. In specific, 3402.6 acres of the watershed are for growing crops, 2083.1 acres are for hay or pastures, 1045.3 acres are forest, and 630.1 acres are considered "low-intensity development" by the Environmental Protection Agency. 93.9 acres are turf, 37.1 acres are considered "transition" by the Environmental Protection Agency, and 17.3 acres are wetland. Much of the forest and developed land is in the western half of the watershed. The main roads in the Muddy Run watershed are Interstate 80, Pennsylvania Route 147 in the western part of the watershed, and a number of township roads throughout the watershed. The watershed occupies part of Milton Township, Turbot Township, Delaware Township in Northumberland County. It also occupies a small area of western Limestone Township, in Montour County. History The first mill in Turbot Township was built on Muddy Run by Hawkins Boone some time before 1779. In 1785, Cornelius Waldron and his son Laffert arrived at the mouth of Muddy Run. Laffert Waldron later purchased a tract of farmland on the creek. In 1840, Abraham Straub moved a gristmill to a location on the creek. The Muddy Run school was historically located on Muddy Run. Fort Boone was built at the mouth of Muddy Run. Part of the area Muddy Run flowed through was historically referred to as "Paradise". Biology There are no riparian buffers in certain areas along Muddy Run. Livestock such as cattle have unlimited access to the creek in some places. See also Limestone Run (Montour and Northumberland Counties, Pennsylvania), next tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River going downriver Warrior Run (West Branch Susquehanna River), next tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River going upriver List of rivers of Pennsylvania References Rivers of Northumberland County, Pennsylvania Tributaries of the West Branch Susquehanna River Rivers of Pennsylvania