Blue Eye Run is a 8.10 mi (13.04 km) long 1st order tributary to Brokenstraw Creek.[3] It is classed as an Exceptional Value stream by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.[5]
| Blue Eye Run Tributary to Brokenstraw Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Blue Eye Run mouth  Blue Eye Run (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Warren |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Blue Eye Run and Coffee Creek |
| • location | about 4 miles west of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 41°54′20″N 079°30′04″W / 41.90556°N 79.50111°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,600 ft (490 m) [2] |
| Mouth | Brokenstraw Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles east of Garland, Pennsylvania[2] |
• coordinates | 41°48′52″N 079°30′04″W / 41.81444°N 79.50111°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,267 ft (386 m)[1] |
| Length | 8.10 mi (13.04 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 10.29 square miles (26.7 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Brokenstraw Creek |
| • average | 18.32 cu ft/s (0.519 m3/s) at mouth with Brokenstraw Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Brokenstraw Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Allegheny River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Eldred Hill Road, Moore Lane, PA 27 |
Course
editBlue Eye Run rises in Warren County, Pennsylvania about 4 miles west of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania and flows southeast to meet Brokenstraw Creek just east of Garland.
Watershed
editBlue Eye Run drains 10.29 square miles (26.7 km2) of the Pennsylvania High Plateau province and is underlaid by the Venango Formation.[6] The watershed receives an average of 43.7 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 378.49.[4] The watershed is about 82% forested.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Blue Eye Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Blue Eye Run Topo Map, Warren County PA (Pittsfield Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Blue Eye Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Brokenstraw Watershed Conservation Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania DCNR. Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Mineral Resources Online Spatial Data: Geologic maps". mrdata.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 September 2019.