Skunk Run is a small tributary of Slippery Rock Creek in western Pennsylvania. The stream rises in eastern Lawrence County at the Shenango and Slippery Rock Township line and then flows southeast entering Slippery Rock Creek in McConnells Mill State Park. The watershed is nearly 50% forested.[4]
| Skunk Run Tributary to Slippery Rock Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Skunk Run mouth  Skunk Run (Slippery Rock Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Lawrence |
| Townships | Shenango Slippery Rock Wayne |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Slippery Rock Creek and Connoquenessing Creek |
| • location | Shenango and Slippery Rock township line at Castlewood, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 40°55′21″N 80°15′53″W / 40.92250°N 80.26472°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,260 ft (380 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Slippery Rock Creek |
• location | just downstream of Armstrong Bridge in McConnells Mill State Park |
• coordinates | 40°54′11″N 80°13′31″W / 40.90306°N 80.22528°W[1] |
• elevation | 940 ft (290 m)[2] |
| Length | 2.93 mi (4.72 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 1.86 square miles (4.8 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 2.35 cu ft/s (0.067 m3/s) at mouth with Slippery Rock Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Slippery Rock Creek → Connoquenessing Creek → Beaver River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Beaver River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Ellwood Road, Frew Road, Hogue Road |
See also edit
References edit
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Skunk Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ a b "New Castle Topo Map, Lawrence County PA (New Castle North Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Skunk Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 18 August 2019.