Editing Shamokin, Pennsylvania (section)

==Geography==
[[File:Coal waste pile near Shamokin, Pennsylvania from Shamokin.JPG|thumb|A coal pile near Shamokin]]
According to the [[United States Census Bureau|U.S. Census Bureau]], the city has an area of {{convert|0.8|sqmi|km2}}, all of which is land.

Shamokin has two small creeks that divide the town. Carbon Run merges with Shamokin Creek in the north of the town and empties into the [[Susquehanna River]] just south of [[Shamokin Dam]] near Sunbury.

The city has a warm-summer [[humid continental climate]] (''Dfb'') and average monthly temperatures range from {{convert|25.9|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in January to {{convert|71.1|°F|°C|abbr=on}} in July. [https://prism.oregonstate.edu/explorer/] The [[hardiness zone]] is 6a.

It is also home to the world's largest man made [[culm bank]], the Cameron/Glen Burn Colliery Culm Bank.