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Painters Run (Chartiers Creek tributary)

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Stream in Pennsylvania, USA
Painters Run
Tributary to Chartiers Creek
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Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyAllegheny
TownshipMt. Lebanon
Scott
Physical characteristics
SourceSaw Mill Run divide
 • locationMt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates40°41′29″N 080°02′22″W / 40.69139°N 80.03944°W / 40.69139; -80.03944
 • elevation1,100 ft (340 m)
MouthChartiers Creek
 • locationKirwan Heights, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates40°21′50″N 080°05′42″W / 40.36389°N 80.09500°W / 40.36389; -80.09500
 • elevation800 ft (240 m)
Length3.65 mi (5.87 km)
Basin size4.43 square miles (11.5 km)
Discharge 
 • locationChartiers Creek
 • average4.77 cu ft/s (0.135 m/s) at mouth with Chartiers Creek
Basin features
ProgressionChartiers CreekOhio RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River systemOhio River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesTerrace Drive, US 19, Painters Run Road (x2), Painters Drive, Painters Run Road (x3), Bower Hill Road (x3)

Painters Run is a 3.65 mi (5.87 km) long 2nd order tributary to Chartiers Creek in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.

Course

Painters Run rises in Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania, and then flows west to join Chartiers Creek at Kirwan Heights.

Watershed

Painters Run drains 4.43 square miles (11.5 km) of area, receives about 38.9 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 339.89, and is about 7% forested.

See also

References

  1. ^ "GNIS Detail - Painters Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  5. ^ "Painters Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 12 May 2021.


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