Meadow Run (Jacobs Creek tributary)
Meadow Run Tributary to Jacobs Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Westmoreland |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Buffalo Run divide |
• location | about 1.5 miles southwest of Ruffsdale, Pennsylvania[2] |
• coordinates | 40°09′47″N 079°37′46″W / 40.16306°N 79.62944°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,262 ft (385 m)[2] |
Mouth | Jacobs Creek |
• location | about 0.75 miles west-northwest of Chaintown, Pennsylvania[3] |
• coordinates | 40°06′17″N 079°40′04″W / 40.10472°N 79.66778°W[1] |
• elevation | 978 ft (298 m)[3] |
Length | 5.24 mi (8.43 km)[4] |
Basin size | 6.97 square miles (18.1 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Jacobs Creek |
• average | 9.98 cu ft/s (0.283 m3/s) at mouth with Jacobs Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | southwest[4] |
River system | Monongahela River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | PA 981, Wesley Chapel Road, Espey Road, Meadow Run Road |
Meadow Run is a 5.24 mi (8.43 km) long 2nd order tributary to Jacobs Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Course
[edit]Meadow Run rises about 1.5 miles southwest of Ruffsdale, Pennsylvania,[2] and then flows southwest to join Jacobs Creek about 0.75 miles west-northwest of Chaintown.[3]
Watershed
[edit]Meadow Run drains 6.97 square miles (18.1 km2) of area, receives about 42.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 379.72, and is about 40% forested.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Meadow Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Little Sewickley Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 18 November 2020.