Camp Run is a tributary of Connoquenessing Creek in western Pennsylvania. The stream rises in southeastern Lawrence County and flows south entering Connoquenessing Creek at Fombell, Pennsylvania. The watershed is roughly 39% agricultural, 55% forested and the rest is other uses.[4]
| Camp Run Tributary to Connoquenessing Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Camp Run mouth  Camp Run (Connoquenessing Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Beaver Butler Lawrence |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Camp Run and Muddy Creek |
| • location | Portersville, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 40°55′34″N 80°08′43″W / 40.92611°N 80.14528°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,320 ft (400 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Connoquenessing Creek |
• location | Fombell, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°48′29″N 80°12′04″W / 40.80806°N 80.20111°W[1] |
• elevation | 880 ft (270 m)[2] |
| Length | 9.87 mi (15.88 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 14.85 square miles (38.5 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 17.61 cu ft/s (0.499 m3/s) at mouth with Connoquenessing Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Connoquenessing Creek → Beaver River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Beaver River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
History
editCamp Run is named for the "sugar camps" that historically lined the valley.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Camp Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Connoquenessing Creek Topo Map, Lawrence County PA (Beaver Falls Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Camp Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
- ^ Durant, S.W. and P.A. "History of Lawrence County Pennsylvania 1877". www.usgwarchives.net. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
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