Wilson Run Tributary to Sewickley Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Westmoreland |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Sherrick Run divide |
• location | about 0.5 miles northwest of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°10′41″N 079°31′42″W / 40.17806°N 79.52833°W / 40.17806; -79.52833 |
• elevation | 1,175 ft (358 m) |
Mouth | Sewickley Creek |
• location | Paintersville, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°12′36″N 079°36′23″W / 40.21000°N 79.60639°W / 40.21000; -79.60639 |
• elevation | 935 ft (285 m) |
Length | 5.64 mi (9.08 km) |
Basin size | 7.42 square miles (19.2 km) |
Discharge | |
• location | Sewickley Creek |
• average | 10.13 cu ft/s (0.287 m/s) at mouth with Sewickley Creek |
Basin features | |
Progression | Sewickley Creek → Youghiogheny River → Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | Monongahela River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Brook Hollow Road, PA 819, Simpson Hollow Road, Frye Hollow Street, Sportsmen Road, Fry Hollow Road, King Thorne Road, S Center Avenue |
Wilson Run is a 5.64 mi (9.08 km) long 2nd order tributary to Sewickley Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Course
Wilson Run rises about 0.5 miles northwest of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania, and then flows northwest to join Sewickley Creek at Paintersville.
Watershed
Wilson Run drains 7.42 square miles (19.2 km) of area, receives about 41.8 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 368.30, and is about 51% forested.
References
- ^ "GNIS Detail - Wilson Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
- "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "Belson Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 17 November 2020.
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