Harrisburg Run

Stream in Pennsylvania, USA
42°00′35.23″N 078°32′55.09″W / 42.0097861°N 78.5486361°W / 42.0097861; -78.5486361[1] • elevation2,115 ft (645 m)[1] MouthFoster Brook
 • location
about 0.5 miles west of Derrick City, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates
41°58′22.23″N 078°35′20.29″W / 41.9728417°N 78.5889694°W / 41.9728417; -78.5889694[1]
 • elevation
1,490 ft (450 m)[1]Length3.41 mi (5.49 km)[2]Basin size4.02 square miles (10.4 km2)[3]Discharge  • locationFoster Brook • average7.98 cu ft/s (0.226 m3/s) at mouth with Foster Brook[3] Basin featuresProgressionFoster Brook → Tunungwant Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of MexicoRiver systemAllegheny RiverTributaries  • leftunnamed tributaries • rightunnamed tributariesBridgesHarrisburg Run Road (x2), unnamed road, Harrisburg Run Road

Harrisburg Run is a 3.41 mi (5.49 km) long first-order tributary to Foster Brook.[2] This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]

Course

Harrisburg Run rises in Harrisburg, a small hamlet in the southwest corner of the town of Allegany in Cattaraugus County, New York, and then flows southwest in McKean County, Pennsylvania to meet Foster Brook about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of Derrick City, Pennsylvania.

Watershed

Harrisburg Run drains 4.02 square miles (10.4 km2) of area, receives about 45.2 in/year (115 cm/year) of precipitation, and is about 92.47% forested.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c "Watershed Report | Office of Water | US EPA". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved January 17, 2023.