Cornplanter Run (Oil Creek tributary) facts for kids
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Cornplanter Run mouth location
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Other name(s) | Tributary to Oil Creek |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Venango |
City | Oil City |
Physical characteristics | |
Main source | about 1.5 miles north of Oil City, Pennsylvania Oil City, Pennsylvania 1,480 ft (450 m) 41°28′24″N 079°44′03″W / 41.47333°N 79.73417°W |
River mouth | Just outside of north city limits of Oil City, Pennsylvania Oil City, Pennsylvania 1,005 ft (306 m) 41°26′39″N 079°41′59″W / 41.44417°N 79.69972°W |
Length | 2.75 mi (4.43 km) |
Basin features | |
Progression | southeast |
River system | Allegheny River |
Basin size | 3.3 square miles (8.5 km2) |
Tributaries |
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Bridges | N Seneca Street |
Cornplanter Run is a 2.76-mile-long (4.44 km) tributary to Oil Creek in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States.
Course
Cornplanter Run rises just south of Fosters Corner and flows south to join Oil Creek just north of the city limits of Oil City, Pennsylvania. Calaboose Run joins this creek about half-way through its course on the left. Cornplanter Run is a 2nd order stream at its mouth with Oil Creek.
Watershed
Cornplanter Run drains 3.3 square mi (8.45 square km) and has an average annual flow of 5.99 cfs (cubic feet/second). Rainfall averages 44.53 in (1,130.99 mm) per year. About 83% of the watershed is forested.
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