West Shreve Run : Course, Watershed, Additional Images Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

West Shreve Run

Tributary to Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania

41°51′22″N 079°53′09″W / 41.85611°N 79.88583°W / 41.85611; -79.88583^[1] • elevation1,630 ft (500 m)^[2] MouthLake Canadohta

• location

Lake Canadohta

• coordinates

41°49′09″N 079°50′18″W / 41.81917°N 79.83833°W / 41.81917; -79.83833^[1]

• elevation

1,389 ft (423 m)^[2]Length4.06 mi (6.53 km)^[3]Basin size3.8 square miles (9.8 km²)^[4]Discharge • average7.65 cu ft/s (0.217 m³/s) at mouth with Oil Creek (Lake Canadohta)^[4] Basin featuresProgressionOil Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of MexicoRiver systemAllegheny River (Oil Creek)Tributaries • leftunnamed tributaries • rightunnamed tributariesBridgesShreve Ridge Road, Old Valley Road (x2), Lincolnville Road

West Shreve Run is a 4.06 mi (6.53 km) long tributary to Lake Canadohta (Oil Creek) in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The watershed is about 50% forested and 43% agricultural. The rest is of other uses.^[4]

Course

West Shreve Run rises on the South Branch French Creek divide about 1 mile south of Hinckley Corners, Pennsylvania. West Shreve Run then flows south through the Erie Drift Plain to Oil Creek (Lake Canadohta).

Watershed

West Shreve Run drains 3.8 square miles (9.8 km²) of area, receives about 46.4 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 461.04 and is about 50% forested.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b "GNIS Detail - West Shreve Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Canadohta Lake Topo Map, Crawford County PA (Lake Canadohta Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "West Shreve Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 24 August 2019.