Pennsylvania DEP Watershed Notebook - Page 7A
Susquehanna River Basin
Subbasin Number 7
(The Lower Susquehanna)
Watershed A
(Sherman Creek)
Subbasin number 7 has a total drainage area of 4158 square miles. Known as the Lower Susquehanna Subbasin, it includes the Susquehanna River from the Juniata River to the Maryland line, and several tributaries to the Chesapeake Bay. The subbasin encompasses all of Cumberland and York Counties, nearly all of Lancaster County, and portions of Lebanon, Adams, Dauphin, Perry, Berks, Chester, Franklin, and Schuylkill Counties.
Watershed A has a total drainage area of 307 square miles. Known as the Sherman Creek Watershed, its major stream is Sherman Creek.
How many people
live here?
What's happening in
the subbasin?
What are other groups
doing in this watershed?
Information on population
changes within the watershed.
DEP activities and
links to other agencies.
Citizen submissions.

 


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