Little Roaring Brook
| Little Roaring Brook | |
|---|---|
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Marshwood Reservoir in Olyphant, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania |
| • elevation | between 1,520 and 1,540 feet (460 and 470 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Roaring Brook in Dunmore, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°24′52″N 75°36′35″W / 41.41446°N 75.60966°W |
• elevation | 1,010 ft (310 m) |
| Length | 3.4 mi (5.5 km) |
| Basin size | 3.06 sq mi (7.9 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Roaring Brook → Lackawanna River → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay |
Little Roaring Brook is a tributary of Roaring Brook in Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 3.4 miles (5.5 km) long and flows through Olyphant, Throop, and Dunmore. The watershed of the stream has an area of 3.06 square miles (7.9 km2). It contains several watersheds: Dunmore Reservoir Number One, Marshwood Reservoir, and Dunmore Reservoir Number Three. Some strip mining has been done in the stream's vicinity and it has a high load of sediment. The surficial geology in the stream's vicinity consists of Wisconsinan Till, surface mining land, bedrock, urban land, and wetlands.