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Cornplanter Run
Tributary to Oil Creek
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Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyVenango
CityOil City
Physical characteristics
Sourceabout 1.5 miles north of Oil City, Pennsylvania
 • locationOil City, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates41°28′24″N 079°44′03″W / 41.47333°N 79.73417°W / 41.47333; -79.73417
 • elevation1,480 ft (450 m)
MouthJust outside of north city limits of Oil City, Pennsylvania
 • locationOil City, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates41°26′39″N 079°41′59″W / 41.44417°N 79.69972°W / 41.44417; -79.69972
 • elevation1,005 ft (306 m)
Length2.75 mi (4.43 km)
Basin size3.3 square miles (8.5 km)
Discharge 
 • locationCornplanter Township, Pennsylvania
 • average5.99 cu ft/s (0.170 m/s) at mouth with Oil Creek
Basin features
ProgressionOil Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River systemAllegheny River
Tributaries 
 • leftCalaboose Run
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesN Seneca Street

Cornplanter Run is a 2.76-mile-long (4.44 km) tributary to Oil Creek in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States.

Course

Course of Cornplanter Run (Oil Creek tributary)

Cornplanter Run rises just south of Fosters Corner and flows south to join Oil Creek just north of the city limits of Oil City, Pennsylvania.

Calaboose Run joins this creek about half-way through its course on the left.

Cornplanter Run is a second order stream at its mouth with Oil Creek.

Watershed

Watershed of Cornplanter Run (Oil Creek tributary)

Cornplanter Run drains 3.3 square miles (8.45 square km) and has an average annual flow of 5.99 cfs (cubic feet/second).

Rainfall averages 44.53 inches (1,130.99 mm) per year. About 83% of the watershed is forested.

References

  1. ^ "GNIS Detail - Cornplanter Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  2. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  3. "Cornpanter Run Watershed Report". Waters Goeviewer. US EPA. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  4. "Waters GeoViewer". US EPA. Retrieved June 12, 2019.
  5. ^ "Cornplanter Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved July 5, 2019.
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