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Sherrick Run (Jacobs Creek tributary)

Coordinates: 40°06′45″N 079°33′47″W / 40.11250°N 79.56306°W / 40.11250; -79.56306
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Sherrick Run
Tributary to Jacobs Creek
Map of Sherrick Run mouth location
Map of Sherrick Run mouth location
Location of Sherrick Run mouth
Map of Sherrick Run mouth location
Map of Sherrick Run mouth location
Sherrick Run (Jacobs Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyWestmoreland
BoroughMount Pleasant
Physical characteristics
SourceWilson Run divide
 • locationpond about 1 mile northwest of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania[2]
 • coordinates40°10′12″N 079°33′47″W / 40.17000°N 79.56306°W / 40.17000; -79.56306[1]
 • elevation1,160 ft (350 m)[2]
MouthJacobs Creek
 • location
Iron Bridge, Pennsylvania[3]
 • coordinates
40°06′45″N 079°33′47″W / 40.11250°N 79.56306°W / 40.11250; -79.56306[1]
 • elevation
1,027 ft (313 m)[3]
Length4.31 mi (6.94 km)[4]
Basin size4.89 square miles (12.7 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationJacobs Creek
 • average6.98 cu ft/s (0.198 m3/s) at mouth with Jacobs Creek[5]
Basin features
Progressiongenerally south[4]
River systemMonongahela River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesOld 119, US 119, Kings Pointe Road, PA 31, Valley Kitchen Road, PA 981, S Quarry Street, Smouse Road (x2), PA 819, US 119

Sherrick Run is a 4.31 mi (6.94 km) long 1st order tributary to Jacobs Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.

Course

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Sherrick Run rises in a pond about 1 mile northwest of Mount Pleasant, Pennsylvania,[2] and then flows south to join Jacobs Creek at Iron Bridge.[3]

Watershed

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Sherrick Run drains 4.89 square miles (12.7 km2) of area, receives about 42.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 388.72, and is about 17% forested.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Sherrick Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  4. ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  5. ^ a b c "Sherrick Run Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 19 November 2020.