Stranahan Run (East Branch Oil Creek tributary) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Stranahan Run |
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Other name(s) | Tributary to East Branch Oil Creek |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Crawford Erie |
City | Spartansburg |
Physical characteristics | |
Main source | divide between Stranahan Run, Britton Run and unnamed tributary to East Branch Oil Creek about 1.5 miles northwest of Spartansburg, Pennsylvania in State Game Lands #144 1,650 ft (500 m) 41°50′25″N 079°40′06″W / 41.84028°N 79.66833°W |
River mouth | Clear Lake Spartansburg, Pennsylvania 1,441 ft (439 m) 41°50′14″N 079°43′21″W / 41.83722°N 79.72250°W |
Length | 1.97 mi (3.17 km) |
Basin features | |
Progression | northeast then southeast |
River system | Allegheny River (Oil Creek) |
Basin size | 3.04 square miles (7.9 km2) |
Tributaries |
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Waterbodies | Clear Lake |
Bridges | intersection of Earnest Road, PA 89 |
Stranahan Run is a 1.97 mi (3.17 km) 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.
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.
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