Buffalo Run (Sewickley Creek tributary)

Buffalo Run
Tributary to Sewickley Creek
Map of Buffalo Run mouth location
Map of Buffalo Run mouth location
Location of Buffalo Run mouth
Map of Buffalo Run mouth location
Map of Buffalo Run mouth location
Buffalo Run (Sewickley Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyWestmoreland
BoroughHunker
Physical characteristics
SourceStauffer Run divide
 • locationWest Bethany, Pennsylvania[2]
 • coordinates40°10′49″N 079°40′26″W / 40.18028°N 79.67389°W / 40.18028; -79.67389[1]
 • elevation1,140 ft (350 m)[2]
MouthSewickley Creek
 • location
Hunker, Pennsylvania[3]
 • coordinates
40°12′06″N 079°37′30″W / 40.20167°N 79.62500°W / 40.20167; -79.62500[1]
 • elevation
917 ft (280 m)[3]
Length3.89 mi (6.26 km)[4]
Basin size10.12 square miles (26.2 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationSewickley Creek
 • average13.61 cu ft/s (0.385 m3/s) at mouth with Sewickley Creek[5]
Basin features
ProgressionSewickley Creek → Youghiogheny River → Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River systemMonongahela River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesHockey Road, Ruffsdale-Alverton Road, Leighty Hollow Road, PA 31, Railroad Street, State Route 3089, Thompson Hollow Road, State Route 3089 (x2)

Buffalo Run is a 3.89 mi (6.26 km) long 3rd order tributary to Sewickley Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Course

Buffalo Run rises at West Bethany, Pennsylvania,[2] and then flows north-northwest to join Sewickley Creek at Hunker.[3]

Watershed

Buffalo Run drains 10.12 square miles (26.2 km2) of area, receives about 41.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 369.10, and is about 48% forested.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Lick Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Buffalo Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
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