Black Run is a small tributary of Slippery Rock Creek in western Pennsylvania. The stream rises in northwestern Butler County and flows northwest entering Slippery Rock Creek south of Elliotts Mills, Pennsylvania. The watershed is roughly 48% agricultural, 45% forested and the rest is other uses.[4]
| Black Run Tributary to Slippery Rock Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Black Run mouth  Black Run (Slippery Rock Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Butler |
| Township | Worth |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | wetland just above Tamarack Lake |
| • location | about 2 miles south of Moores Corners, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 41°00′26″N 80°04′48″W / 41.00722°N 80.08000°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,195 ft (364 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Slippery Rock Creek |
• location | about 1 mile south of Elliotts Mills, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°01′29″N 80°07′55″W / 41.02472°N 80.13194°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,090 ft (330 m)[2] |
| Length | 3.64 mi (5.86 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 7.67 square miles (19.9 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 10.83 cu ft/s (0.307 m3/s) at mouth with Slippery Rock Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Slippery Rock Creek → Connoquenessing Creek → Beaver River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Beaver River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Waterbodies | Tamarack Lake |
| Bridges | Swope Road, W Park Road, I-79, Brandon Road |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Black Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Plain Grove Topo Map, Lawrence County PA (Harlansburg Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Black Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
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