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Foster Run (Sugar Creek tributary)

Coordinates: 41°27′17″N 079°53′56″W / 41.45472°N 79.89889°W / 41.45472; -79.89889
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Foster Run
Tributary to Sugar Creek
Foster Run (Sugar Creek tributary) is located in Pennsylvania
Foster Run (Sugar Creek tributary)
Location of Foster Run mouth
Foster Run (Sugar Creek tributary) is located in the United States
Foster Run (Sugar Creek tributary)
Foster Run (Sugar Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyVenango
Physical characteristics
SourceWarden Run divide
 • locationabout 1 mile northeast of Hannasville, Pennsylvania[2]
 • coordinates41°29′27″N 079°55′57″W / 41.49083°N 79.93250°W / 41.49083; -79.93250[1]
 • elevation1,470 ft (450 m)[2]
MouthSugar Creek
 • location
about 0.25 miles north of Wyattville, Pennsylvania[2]
 • coordinates
41°27′17″N 079°53′56″W / 41.45472°N 79.89889°W / 41.45472; -79.89889[1]
 • elevation
1,060 ft (320 m)[2]
Length3.55 mi (5.71 km)[3]
Basin size2.13 square miles (5.5 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationSugar Creek
 • average3.78 cu ft/s (0.107 m3/s) at mouth with Sugar Creek[4]
Basin features
Progressionsoutheast
River systemAllegheny River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries

Foster Run is a 3.55 mi (5.71 km) long 1st order tributary to Sugar Creek in Venango County, Pennsylvania.

Course

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Foster Run rises on the Warden Run divide about 1 mile northeast of Hannasville, Pennsylvania in Venango County. Foster Run then flows southeast to meet Sugar Creek about 0.25 miles north of Wyattville, Pennsylvania in Venango County.[2]

Watershed

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Foster Run drains 2.13 square miles (5.5 km2) of area, receives about 44.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 410.34, and has an average water temperature of 8.27 °C.[4] The watershed is 68% forested.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Foster Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Warden Run Topo Map, Venango County PA (Utica Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
  4. ^ a b c d "Foster Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 26 December 2019.