Britton Run is a 6.90 mi (11.10 km) long tributary to East Branch Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
| Britton Run Tributary to East Branch Oil Creek | |
|---|---|
   | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Crawford |
| Township | Rome Sparta |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Britton Run and Lilley Run |
| • location | pond about 1.5 miles west-southwest of Concord Corners, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 41°50′56″N 079°44′26″W / 41.84889°N 79.74056°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,658 ft (505 m)[2] |
| Mouth | East Branch Oil Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles west of Glynden, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°46′20″N 079°43′44″W / 41.77222°N 79.72889°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,311 ft (400 m)[2] |
| Length | 6.9 mi (11.1 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 9.3 square miles (24 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | East Branch Oil Creek |
| • average | 17.98 cu ft/s (0.509 m3/s) at mouth with East Branch Oil Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | East Branch Oil Creek → Oil Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Allegheny River (Oil Creek) |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Chelton Hill Road, Canadohta Lake Road, Britton Run Road (x2), PA 77, Firth Road |
Course
editBritton Run rises in a pond on the Lilley Run divide about 1.5 miles west of Concord Corners, Pennsylvania. Britton Run then flows southwest then southeast through the Erie Drift Plain to East Branch Oil Creek about 0.5 miles west of Glynden, Pennsylvania.
Watershed
editBritton Run drains 9.30 square miles (24.1 km2) of area, receives about 46.2 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 481.24 and is about 40% forested.[4]
References
edit- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Britton Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- ^ a b "East Branch Oil Creek Topo Map, Crawford County PA (Centerville Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Watershed Report | Office of Water | US EPA". Retrieved 22 October 2019.
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