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| Clean Water Institute |
| Summary of Bank Erosion Potential for Muncy Creek from 41° 22' 63 above Nordmont Latitude to the Susquehanna River |
| Lycoming College Interns: Rebecca Tully, Erin DunLeavy and Greg English |
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| There was a total of 175 sites found that showed erosion potential. Out of those 175 sites, 30 of them were land bars. At 17 of the 30 land bar sites, there were no signs of erosion to the stream bank on
either side. At 6 of the 30 land bars there was erosion found on both the left and right stream banks. For the last 7 land bars there was only erosion on one side of the stream. |
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| Different Category Totals for Bank Erosion Potential |
| Bank Height |
| High |
Medium |
Low |
| 58 |
64 |
44 |
| Bank Angle |
| High |
Medium |
Low |
| 53 |
77 |
36 |
| Density of Roots |
| High |
Medium |
Low |
| 37 |
58 |
71 |
| Particle Size |
| High |
Medium |
Low |
| 72 |
73 |
21 |
| Bank Height |
| High |
Medium |
Low |
| 34.9% |
38.55% |
26.51% |
| Bank Angle |
| High |
Medium |
Low |
| 31.93% |
46.39% |
21.69% |
| Density of Roots |
| High |
Medium |
Low |
| 22.29% |
34.94% |
42.77% |
| Particle Size |
| High |
Medium |
Low |
| 43.37% |
43.98% |
12.65% |
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The bridges that are located on Muncy Creek were also sited. For each on the length, width, height and GPS location were found. That information is located on the bridge data sheets.
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