Sugar Run (Youghiogheny River tributary)

Sugar Run
Tributary to Youghiogheny River
Map of Sugar Run mouth location
Map of Sugar Run mouth location
Location of Sugar Run mouth
Map of Sugar Run mouth location
Map of Sugar Run mouth location
Sugar Run (Youghiogheny River tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyFayette
Physical characteristics
SourceBruner Run and Blackberry Run divide
 • locationabout 2 miles west of Kaufmann, Pennsylvania[2]
 • coordinates39°54′28″N 079°30′30″W / 39.90778°N 79.50833°W / 39.90778; -79.50833[1]
 • elevation1,545 ft (471 m)[2]
MouthYoughiogheny River
 • location
about 1 mile north of Holland Hill, Pennsylvania[3]
 • coordinates
39°54′21″N 079°29′20″W / 39.90583°N 79.48889°W / 39.90583; -79.48889[1]
 • elevation
999 ft (304 m)[3]
Length1.01 mi (1.63 km)[4]
Basin size0.73 square miles (1.9 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationYoughiogheny River
 • average1.49 cu ft/s (0.042 m3/s) at mouth with Youghiogheny River[5]
Basin features
ProgressionYoughiogheny River → Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River systemMonongahela River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
Bridgesnone

Sugar Run is a 1.01 mi (1.63 km) long 1st order tributary to the Youghiogheny River in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.

Course

Sugar Run rises about 2 miles west of Kaufmann, Pennsylvania,[2] and then flows south-southeast to join the Youghiogheny River about 1 mile north of Holland Hill.[3]

Watershed

Sugar Run drains 0.73 square miles (1.9 km2) of area, receives about 47.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 347.83, and is about 94% forested.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Sugar Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Sugar Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
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