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Plum Run (Rock Creek tributary)

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Plum Run (Rock Creek tributary)
Bloody Run
Plum Run generally flows west of both the Taneytown Road and Rock Creek.
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
RegionAdams County
TownshipCumberland
Physical characteristics
SourceField of Pickett's Charge
Basin features
Namesake"Plum Run line" of McGilvery's artillery

Plum Run (Rock Run in 1821)[1] is a Pennsylvania stream flowing southward from the Gettysburg Battlefield between the Gettys-Black Divide on the east and on the west, the drainage divide for Pitzer Run, Biesecker Run, Willoughby Run, and Marsh Creek.

History

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The Plum Run Valley was the location of Battle of Gettysburg, Second Day, and Third Day military engagements.

In 1972, the Slaughter Pen comfort station was temporarily closed after Youth Conservation Corps participants of Camp Eisenhower discovered fecal pollution in Plum Run.[1]

Plum Run course
Location Description Coordinates
headpoints triple pt (Stevens & Guinn Runs)[2]

N of Codori house & barn[3]

39°48′47″N 77°14′08″W / 39.813151°N 77.23556°W / 39.813151; -77.23556

39°48′42″N 77°14′25″W / 39.81178°N 77.24021°W / 39.81178; -77.24021

crossing (historical) Emmitsburg Rd[4]
perennial
flow
USGS map
Google Maps
38°48′33″N 77°14′18″W / 38.80919°N 77.23832°W / 38.80919; -77.23832[3]

39°48′30″N 77°14′20″W / 39.808219°N 77.238892°W / 39.808219; -77.238892[5]

bridge United States Avenue
crossing 39°48′05″N 77°14′28″W / 39.801295°N 77.241134°W / 39.801295; -77.241134
confluence run
culvert[6]: '08  Wheatfield Road
culvert Crawford Avenue 39°47′47″N 77°14′19″W / 39.796271°N 77.238661°W / 39.796271; -77.238661
confluence run from Weikert Hill
bridge Warren Avenue
bridge for Slaughter Pen pedestrians
site 1894-1917 trolley bridge 39°47′25″N 77°14′36″W / 39.790167°N 77.243446°W / 39.790167; -77.243446
confluence Rose Run
run confluence 39°47′21″N 77°14′43″W / 39.78926°N 77.245211°W / 39.78926; -77.245211
bridge along horse trail fording 39°47′18″N 77°14′44″W / 39.788244°N 77.245694°W / 39.788244; -77.245694
bridge Confederate Avenue (1937)[2]
confluence Heagy's Woods Run[7] [relative location tbd]
boundary National Park/Township
confluence run from Ridge Road[4]
bridge Knight Road
bridge US 15
bridge (private)
confluence run from north
confluence run from west
bridge PA 134 39°45′54″N 77°13′55″W / 39.765039°N 77.231998°W / 39.765039; -77.231998 (Plum Run bridge)
mouth Rock Creek (Monocacy River) 39°45′32″N 77°13′37″W / 39.758969°N 77.226806°W / 39.758969; -77.226806 (mouth of Plum Run)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Map of York & Adams Counties (Map). Cartography by D. Small. W. Wagner. 1821. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
  2. ^ "Funding goal marks start of Gettysburg restoration" (Google News Archive). Reading Eagle. June 6, 2005. Retrieved 2011-10-28.
  3. ^ a b "The National Map". National Hydrography Dataset. NationalMap.gov (USGS). Archived from the original (NHD Viewer) on 2012-03-23. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  4. ^ a b Cope, Emmor (1904). Blueprint 825 (Map). (shows "Lower Wheatfield Road")
  5. ^ [satellite view] (Google Maps) (Map). Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  6. ^ Gettysburg National Military Park Commission. "An Introduction to the Annual Reports of the Gettysburg National Military Park Commission to the Secretary of War". The Gettysburg Commission Reports. Gettysburg, PA: War Department. "On September 9, 1907, a contract was made with M. & T. E. Farrell to grade and pike a portion of three additional public roads connecting avenues, viz: The Harrisburg road from the borough line of Gettysburg to Rock Creek bridge, 2,872 feet, 18 feet wide; the Emmitsburg road from the borough line to the peach orchard, 8,263 feet, 18 feet wide, and the Wheatfield road from Sedgwick avenue to Sickles avenue, 3,400 feet, 18 feet wide. This contract includes the draining and one large culvert over Plum Run."
  7. ^ Perles, S. J.; G. S. Podniesinski; W. A. Millinor; L. A. Sneddon (September 2006). Vegetation Classification and Mapping at GettysburgNational Military Park and Eisenhower National HistoricSite (PDF) (Report). National Park Service Northeast Region. p. 25. Retrieved 2011-10-28. In the southcentral portion of Gettysburg National MilitaryPark, Heagy's Woods Run joins Plum Run,