Scarlift Reports

Overview

• Alder Run
• Anderson Creek
• Babb Creek
• Beech Creek
• Bennett Branch
• Big Scrubgrass Creek
• Big Run
• Blacklegs Creek
• Blacklick Creek
• Catawissa Creek
• Chalfant Run
• Chartiers Creek
• Clearfield/Moshannon
• Cogley Run
• CowanshannokCreek
• Crooked Creek-Ernest Mine Complex
• Crooked Creek-Tanoma Mine Complex
• Cucumber Run
• Deer Creek
• Dents Run
• East Branch Clarion
• English Run
• Ernest Mine Complex
• Georges Creek
• Hillman State Park
• Horseshoe Curve
• Irwin Syncline Basin
• Jeansville Basin
• Knox Township
• Lackawanna River
• Langeloth-Francis Mine Complex
• Licking Creek
• Little Conemaugh
• Little Schuylkill
• Loyalhanna Creek
• Loyalsock Creek
• Mahanoy Creek
• Mahoning Creek
• Mashudda Strip Mine
• Mead Run
• Mill Creek
• Mill Creek - Luzerne Co.
• Moon Run
• Muddy Run
• Nanticoke, Warrior and Solomon Creeks
• Newport Creek
• North Branch Bear Creek
• Phillipsburg 
• Piersons Run
• Piney Creek
• Pucketa Creek
• Quakake Tunnel
• Raccoon Creek
• Rausch Creek
• Redstone Creek
• Redstone Creek - Abatement Survey
• Shamokin Creek
• Shaw Mines Complex
• Slippery Rock Creek
• Slippery Rock Creek - Hydrogeologic Assessment
• Slippery Rock Creek Treatment Plant
• Southern Latrobe Syncline
• State Game Lands #117
• Swatara Creek Part I
• Swatara Creek Part II
• Swatara Creek Part III
• Stony Creek
• Tioga River
• Toby Creek
• Toby Creek - Clarion Co.
• Turtle Creek
• Two Lick Creek
• Upper Little Toby Creek
• West Branch Susquehanna
• Wyoming Valley
• Yellow Creek
• Youghiogheny River Basin

Operation Scarlift Reports

Operation Scarlift was a Pennsylvania state program which operated in the 1960's and 1970's whose purpose was to remediate ravages of land and water from historic mining practices.  In addition to addressing problems such as mine fires, abandoned strip mine areas, open deep mine shafts, burning refuse banks, and mine drainage, the project produced numerous studies of areas impacted by old mining practices. 

While this information is around 30 years old, it still provides much valuable background information for groups assessing their watershed.  The original Technical Assistance Grant (TAG) responsible for funding the development of this website has also included  5 selected Operation Scarlift reports on the website.  Funding now enables us to digitize the remaining Scarlift Reports.  These reports will be processed and placed on this website continuing into 2005.

The paper versions of the Scarlift reports were "digitized" by using a scanner, translating the individual report pages into a format that is deliverable over the internet.  These reports are in the widely used "PDF" format, readable using the freely downloadable "Acrobat Reader" software.  The following table lists the Scarlift Reports.  Those currently available in this project are underlined.  Those in progress are in teal-green and forest green.

Note: These reports have been broken down by section so that download times are manageable.  Nevertheless, you may experience significant download times, especially on dial-up connections.

For an historic look, see Operation Scarlift And Mine Reclamation in Pennsylvania..