Bentley Run
| Bentley Run Tributary to South Branch French Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of the mouth of Bentley Run  Bentley Run (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Erie |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Alder Run, Bentley Run and Pine Run |
| • location | just upstream of Union City Reservoir, about 1.0 mile northeast of Union City, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 41°55′51″N 079°47′39″W / 41.93083°N 79.79417°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,520 ft (460 m)[2] |
| Mouth | South Branch French Creek |
• location | Union City, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°53′50″N 079°50′12″W / 41.89722°N 79.83667°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,266 ft (386 m)[1] |
| Length | 1.2 mi (1.9 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 4.1 square miles (11 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Union City, Pennsylvania |
| • average | 8.09 cu ft/s (0.229 m3/s) at mouth with South Branch French Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | South Branch French Creek → French Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Allegheny River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Waterbodies | Union City Reservoir |
| Bridges | Hoyt Road, US 6, Bridge Street, Willow Street |
Bentley Run is a 1.2 mi (1.9 km) long 2nd order tributary to South Branch French Creek in Erie County, Pennsylvania.
Course
[edit]Bentley Run rises in Union Township of southern Erie County, Pennsylvania and flows southwest towards Union City, Pennsylvania.
Watershed
[edit]Bentley Run drains 4.1 square miles of Erie Drift Plain (glacial geology). The watershed receives an average of 46.4 in/year of precipitation. [5]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Bentley Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ "Union City Fish Hatchery Topo Map, Erie County PA (Union City Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ a b "Bentley Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". enviroatlas.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved 6 July 2019.