Harrisburg Run
| Harrisburg Run Tributary to Foster Brook | |
|---|---|
  Location of Harrisburg Run mouth  Harrisburg Run (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania New York |
| County | McKean (PA) Cattaraugus (NY) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Chipmunk Creek divide |
| • location | west of Knapp Creek, New York |
| • coordinates | 42°00′35.23″N 078°32′55.09″W / 42.0097861°N 78.5486361°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,115 ft (645 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Foster Brook |
• location | about 0.5 miles west of Derrick City, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°58′22.23″N 078°35′20.29″W / 41.9728417°N 78.5889694°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,490 ft (450 m)[1] |
| Length | 3.41 mi (5.49 km)[2] |
| Basin size | 4.02 square miles (10.4 km2)[3] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Foster Brook |
| • average | 7.98 cu ft/s (0.226 m3/s) at mouth with Foster Brook[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Foster Brook → Tunungwant Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Allegheny River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Harrisburg Run Road (x2), unnamed road, Harrisburg Run Road |
Harrisburg Run is a 3.41 mi (5.49 km) long first-order tributary to Foster Brook.[2] This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
Course
[edit]Harrisburg Run rises in Harrisburg, a small hamlet in the southwest corner of the town of Allegany in Cattaraugus County, New York, and then flows southwest in McKean County, Pennsylvania to meet Foster Brook about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) west of Derrick City, Pennsylvania.
Watershed
[edit]Harrisburg Run drains 4.02 square miles (10.4 km2) of area, receives about 45.2 in/year (115 cm/year) of precipitation, and is about 92.47% forested.[3]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Geographic Names Information System". edits.nationalmap.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved January 17, 2023.
- ^ a b c "Watershed Report | Office of Water | US EPA". watersgeo.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved January 17, 2023.