Blue Eye Run
(Redirected from Blue Eye Run (Brokenstraw Creek tributary))
| Blue Eye Run Tributary to Brokenstraw Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Blue Eye Run mouth  Blue Eye Run (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Warren |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Blue Eye Run and Coffee Creek |
| • location | about 4 miles west of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 41°54′20″N 079°30′04″W / 41.90556°N 79.50111°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,600 ft (490 m) [2] |
| Mouth | Brokenstraw Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles east of Garland, Pennsylvania[2] |
• coordinates | 41°48′52″N 079°30′04″W / 41.81444°N 79.50111°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,267 ft (386 m)[1] |
| Length | 8.10 mi (13.04 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 10.29 square miles (26.7 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Brokenstraw Creek |
| • average | 18.32 cu ft/s (0.519 m3/s) at mouth with Brokenstraw Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Brokenstraw Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Allegheny River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Eldred Hill Road, Moore Lane, PA 27 |
Blue Eye Run is a 8.10 mi (13.04 km) long 1st order tributary to Brokenstraw Creek.[3] It is classed as an Exceptional Value stream by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.[5]
Course
[edit]Blue Eye Run rises in Warren County, Pennsylvania about 4 miles west of Wrightsville, Pennsylvania and flows southeast to meet Brokenstraw Creek just east of Garland.
Watershed
[edit]Blue Eye Run drains 10.29 square miles (26.7 km2) of the Pennsylvania High Plateau province and is underlaid by the Venango Formation.[6] The watershed receives an average of 43.7 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 378.49.[4] The watershed is about 82% forested.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Blue Eye Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Blue Eye Run Topo Map, Warren County PA (Pittsfield Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Blue Eye Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 25 September 2019.
- ^ "Brokenstraw Watershed Conservation Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania DCNR. Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Mineral Resources Online Spatial Data: Geologic maps". mrdata.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 September 2019.