Meadow Run Tributary to Jacobs Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Westmoreland |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Buffalo Run divide |
• location | about 1.5 miles southwest of Ruffsdale, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°09′47″N 079°37′46″W / 40.16306°N 79.62944°W / 40.16306; -79.62944 |
• elevation | 1,262 ft (385 m) |
Mouth | Jacobs Creek |
• location | about 0.75 miles west-northwest of Chaintown, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°06′17″N 079°40′04″W / 40.10472°N 79.66778°W / 40.10472; -79.66778 |
• elevation | 978 ft (298 m) |
Length | 5.24 mi (8.43 km) |
Basin size | 6.97 square miles (18.1 km) |
Discharge | |
• location | Jacobs Creek |
• average | 9.98 cu ft/s (0.283 m/s) at mouth with Jacobs Creek |
Basin features | |
Progression | southwest |
River system | Monongahela River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | PA 981, Wesley Chapel Road, Espey Road, Meadow Run Road |
Meadow Run is a 5.24 mi (8.43 km) long 2nd order tributary to Jacobs Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Course
Meadow Run rises about 1.5 miles southwest of Ruffsdale, Pennsylvania, and then flows southwest to join Jacobs Creek about 0.75 miles west-northwest of Chaintown.
Watershed
Meadow Run drains 6.97 square miles (18.1 km) of area, receives about 42.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 379.72, and is about 40% forested.
References
- ^ "GNIS Detail - Meadow Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ "Little Sewickley Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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