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Kelly Run (Sewickley Creek tributary)

Coordinates: 40°13′30″N 079°44′42″W / 40.22500°N 79.74500°W / 40.22500; -79.74500
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Kelly Run
Tributary to Sewickley Creek
Map of Kelly Run mouth location
Map of Kelly Run mouth location
Location of Kelly Run mouth
Map of Kelly Run mouth location
Map of Kelly Run mouth location
Kelly Run (Sewickley Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyWestmoreland
Physical characteristics
SourceLittle Sewickley Creek divide
 • locationabout 0.5 miles south of Herminie, Pennsylvania[2]
 • coordinates40°14′59″N 079°42′30″W / 40.24972°N 79.70833°W / 40.24972; -79.70833[1]
 • elevation1,175 ft (358 m)[2]
MouthSewickley Creek
 • location
Hutchinson, Pennsylvania[3]
 • coordinates
40°13′30″N 079°44′42″W / 40.22500°N 79.74500°W / 40.22500; -79.74500[1]
 • elevation
798 ft (243 m)[3]
Length2.83 mi (4.55 km)[4]
Basin size1.88 square miles (4.9 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationSewickley Creek
 • average2.26 cu ft/s (0.064 m3/s) at mouth with Sewickley Creek[5]
Basin features
ProgressionSewickley CreekYoughiogheny RiverMonongahela RiverOhio RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River systemMonongahela River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesBalentine Road, Herminie-West Newton Road, Apples Mill Road

Kelly Run is a 2.83 mi (4.55 km) long 1st order tributary to Sewickley Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Course

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Kelly Run rises about 0.5 miles south of Herminie, Pennsylvania,[2] and then flows southwest to join Sewickley Creek at Hutchinson.[3]

Watershed

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Kelly Run drains 1.88 square miles (4.9 km2) of area, receives about an average of 1,016.30 millimetres (40.012 in) of precipitation each year, has a wetness index of 373.55, and is about 26% forested.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Kelly Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Kelly Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 16 November 2020.