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Welch Run Tributary to Buffalo Creek
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Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Washington
Physical characteristics
Source	Sugarcamp Run divide
• location	pond about 1.5 miles northeast of Dunsfort, Pennsylvania
• coordinates	40°12′40″N 080°29′00″W / 40.21111°N 80.48333°W / 40.21111; -80.48333
• elevation	1,120 ft (340 m)
Mouth	Buffalo Creek
• location	Dunsfort, Pennsylvania
• coordinates	40°11′19″N 080°30′13″W / 40.18861°N 80.50361°W / 40.18861; -80.50361
• elevation	837 ft (255 m)
Length	1.75 mi (2.82 km)
Basin size	0.89 square miles (2.3 km)
Discharge
• location	Buffalo Creek
• average	1.10 cu ft/s (0.031 m/s) at mouth with Buffalo Creek
Basin features
Progression	Buffalo Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River system	Ohio River
Tributaries
• left	unnamed tributaries
• right	unnamed tributaries
Bridges	PA 331

Welch Run is a 1.75 mi (2.82 km) long 1st order tributary to Buffalo Creek in Washington County, Pennsylvania.

Course

Welch Run rises in a pond about 1.5 miles northeast of Dunsfort, Pennsylvania, in Washington County and then flows southwest to join Buffalo Creek at Dunsfort.

Watershed

Welch Run drains 0.89 square miles (2.3 km) of area, receives about 40.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 288.69, and is about 88% forested.

See also

• List of Pennsylvania Rivers

References

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

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• Rivers of Pennsylvania
• Rivers of Washington County, Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania river stubs