Hungry Run (South Branch French Creek tributary)
| Hungry Run Tributary to South Branch French Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Hungry Run mouth  Hungry Run (South Branch French Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Erie Crawford |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Hungry Run and Britton Run (Oil Creek) |
| • location | about 3 miles northeast of Tillotson, Pennsylvania[2] |
| • coordinates | 41°50′36″N 079°46′40″W / 41.84333°N 79.77778°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,645 ft (501 m)[2] |
| Mouth | South Branch French Creek |
• location | about 2 miles southwest of Elgin, Pennsylvania[2] |
• coordinates | 41°53′07″N 079°46′41″W / 41.88528°N 79.77806°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,319 ft (402 m)[1] |
| Length | 3.49 mi (5.62 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 4.47 square miles (11.6 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | South Branch French Creek |
| • average | 9.00 cu ft/s (0.255 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 |
| Bridges | Hungry Run Road (x2), Concord Road |
Hungry Run is a 3.49 mi (5.62 km) long tributary to South Branch French Creek in Erie County, Pennsylvania, and is classed as a 2nd order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.[4]
Course
[edit]Hungry Run rises in Bloomfield Township of northern Crawford County and then flows north into Erie County through Union Township where it meets South Branch French Creek.
Watershed
[edit]Hungry Run drains 4.47 square miles (11.6 km2) of Erie Drift Plain (glacial geology). The watershed receives an average of 46.6 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 469.09.[4]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail – Hungry Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Pine Run Topo Map, Erie County PA (Union City Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Hungry Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 16 September 2019.