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(Redirected from Blue Eye Run (Brokenstraw Creek tributary)) Stream in Pennsylvania, USA
Blue Eye Run
Tributary to Brokenstraw Creek
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Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyWarren
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Blue Eye Run and Coffee Creek
 • locationabout 4 miles west of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates41°54′20″N 079°30′04″W / 41.90556°N 79.50111°W / 41.90556; -79.50111
 • elevation1,600 ft (490 m)
MouthBrokenstraw Creek
 • locationabout 0.5 miles east of Garland, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates41°48′52″N 079°30′04″W / 41.81444°N 79.50111°W / 41.81444; -79.50111
 • elevation1,267 ft (386 m)
Length8.10 mi (13.04 km)
Basin size10.29 square miles (26.7 km)
Discharge 
 • locationBrokenstraw Creek
 • average18.32 cu ft/s (0.519 m/s) at mouth with Brokenstraw Creek
Basin features
ProgressionBrokenstraw Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River systemAllegheny River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesEldred Hill Road, Moore Lane, PA 27

Blue Eye Run is a 8.10 mi (13.04 km) long 1st order tributary to Brokenstraw Creek. It is classed as an Exceptional Value stream by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.

Course

Blue Eye Run rises in Warren County, Pennsylvania about 4 miles west of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania and flows southeast to meet Brokenstraw Creek just east of Garland.

Watershed

Blue Eye Run drains 10.29 square miles (26.7 km) of the Pennsylvania High Plateau province and is underlaid by the Venango Formation. The watershed receives an average of 43.7 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 378.49. The watershed is about 82% forested.

See also

References

  1. ^ "GNIS Detail - Blue Eye Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  2. ^ "Blue Eye Run Topo Map, Warren County PA (Pittsfield Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  4. ^ "Blue Eye Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
  5. "Brokenstraw Watershed Conservation Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania DCNR. Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  6. "Mineral Resources Online Spatial Data: Geologic maps". mrdata.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
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