Gar Run Tributary to Brokenstraw Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Warren |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Gar Run and Oil Creek |
• location | about 2 miles east of Sanford, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°46′18″N 079°29′58″W / 41.77167°N 79.49944°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,775 ft (541 m) [2] |
Mouth | Brokenstraw Creek |
• location | Garland, Pennsylvania [2] |
• coordinates | 41°46′50″N 079°26′50″W / 41.78056°N 79.44722°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,286 ft (392 m) [1] |
Length | 4.96 mi (7.98 km) [3] |
Basin size | 18.32 square miles (47.4 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Brokenstraw Creek |
• average | 31.76 cu ft/s (0.899 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 | Hosmer Run |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Ross Hill Road, PA 27 |
Gar Run is a 4.96 mi (7.98 km) long 3rd order tributary to Brokenstraw Creek. [3] It is classed as a cold-water fishery by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. [5]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: [1]
Gar Run rises on the divide between it and Oil Creek in Warren County, Pennsylvania about 2 miles east of Sanford, Pennsylvania and flows northeast to meet Brokenstraw Creek at Garland.
Gar Run drains 18.32 square miles (47.4 km2) of the Pennsylvania High Plateau province and is underlaid by the Venango Formation. [6] The watershed receives an average of 42.6 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 388.06. [4] The watershed is about 75% forested.
Gar Run Tributary to Brokenstraw Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Warren |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Gar Run and Oil Creek |
• location | about 2 miles east of Sanford, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°46′18″N 079°29′58″W / 41.77167°N 79.49944°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,775 ft (541 m) [2] |
Mouth | Brokenstraw Creek |
• location | Garland, Pennsylvania [2] |
• coordinates | 41°46′50″N 079°26′50″W / 41.78056°N 79.44722°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,286 ft (392 m) [1] |
Length | 4.96 mi (7.98 km) [3] |
Basin size | 18.32 square miles (47.4 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Brokenstraw Creek |
• average | 31.76 cu ft/s (0.899 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 | Hosmer Run |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Ross Hill Road, PA 27 |
Gar Run is a 4.96 mi (7.98 km) long 3rd order tributary to Brokenstraw Creek. [3] It is classed as a cold-water fishery by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission. [5]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: [1]
Gar Run rises on the divide between it and Oil Creek in Warren County, Pennsylvania about 2 miles east of Sanford, Pennsylvania and flows northeast to meet Brokenstraw Creek at Garland.
Gar Run drains 18.32 square miles (47.4 km2) of the Pennsylvania High Plateau province and is underlaid by the Venango Formation. [6] The watershed receives an average of 42.6 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 388.06. [4] The watershed is about 75% forested.