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Stranahan Run (East Branch Oil Creek tributary)

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Stranahan Run
Tributary to East Branch Oil Creek
Location of Stranahan Run mouth
Location of Stranahan Run mouth
Location of Stranahan Run mouth
Location of Stranahan Run mouth
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyCrawford
Erie
CitySpartansburg
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Stranahan Run, Britton Run and unnamed tributary to East Branch Oil Creek
 • locationabout 1.5 miles northwest of Spartansburg, Pennsylvania in State Game Lands #144
 • coordinates41°50′25″N 079°40′06″W / 41.84028°N 79.66833°W / 41.84028; -79.66833[1]
 • elevation1,650 ft (500 m)[2]
MouthClear Lake
 • location
Spartansburg, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates
41°50′14″N 079°43′21″W / 41.83722°N 79.72250°W / 41.83722; -79.72250[1]
 • elevation
1,441 ft (439 m)[2]
Length1.97 mi (3.17 km)[3]
Basin size3.04 square miles (7.9 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationClear Lake at Spartansburg, Pennsylvania
 • average6.35 cu ft/s (0.180 m3/s) at mouth with East Branch Oil Creek (Clear Lake)[4]
Basin features
Progressionnortheast then southeast
River systemAllegheny River (Oil Creek)
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
WaterbodiesClear Lake
Bridgesintersection of Earnest Road, PA 89

Stranahan Run is a 1.97 mi (3.17 km)[5] long tributary to East Branch Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Course

Stranahan Run rises on the Britton Run divide about 1.5 miles northwest of Spartansburg, Pennsylvania. Stranahan Run then flows northeast and southeast through the Erie Drift Plain to Clear Lake, in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania where it joins East Branch Oil Creek.

Course of Stranahan Run (East Branch Oil Creek tributary)

Watershed

Stranahan Run drains 3.04 square miles (7.9 km2) of area, receives about 46.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 478.58 and is about 47% forested.[4]

Watershed of Stranahan Run (East Branch Oil Creek tributary)

References

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Stranahan Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "East Branch Oil Creek Topo Map, Crawford County PA (Centerville Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Stranahan Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  5. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 15 June 2019.