Gravel Run (Black Creek tributary)

Gravel Run is a tributary of Black Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

Over the next few tenths of a mile, the stream passes near the Hazleton Area High School and flows down a small hill.

[1] A report by the Pennsylvania Department of Health in the early 1900s described Gravel Run as being a small stream.

[4] A diamond drill borehole dug in the late 1800s at the mouth of Gravel Run revealed 15 different strata within roughly 100 feet (30 m) of the surface.

[4] Gravel Run is one of eleven officially named streams in the watershed of Nescopeck Creek that has not been assessed by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.

[2] Historically, the Pennsylvania Railroad owned a tract of land in the vicinity of Gravel Run.