Walker Run

Walker Run (also known as Beach Haven Creek) is a tributary of the Susquehanna River in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.

[1] Walker Run joins the Susquehanna River 164.27 miles (264.37 km) upstream of its mouth.

The first is approximately 1.6 miles (2.6 km) and joins Walker Run downstream of Summer Hill.

The second is approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) long and joins Walker Run near the first tributary.

[1] The discharge of Walker Run at its mouth has a 10 percent chance of peaking at 660 cubic feet per second in any given year.

The stream's upper reaches are on much broader bands of the Irish Valley Member and the Trimmers Rock Formation.

[5] There are eleven features identified by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as obstructions on Walker Run.

[6] There are pools on Walker Run near the bridge carrying North Market Street over the stream.

[8] Walker Run was entered into the Geographic Names Information System on August 2, 1979.

[9] A concrete slab bridge carrying T-436 and Market Street over Walker Run was built in 1937.

[3] Walker Run was surveyed by Fisheries Management Area 4 in 2006 and again by the Division of Environmental Services in 2009.

Walker Run looking upstream
Bridge carrying Market Street over Walker Run