Britton Run (East Branch Oil Creek tributary)
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| Britton Run Tributary to East Branch Oil Creek | |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Crawford |
| Township | Rome Sparta |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Britton Run and Lilley Run |
| • location | pond about 1.5 miles west-southwest of Concord Corners, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 41°50′56″N 079°44′26″W / 41.84889°N 79.74056°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,658 ft (505 m)[2] |
| Mouth | East Branch Oil Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles west of Glynden, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°46′20″N 079°43′44″W / 41.77222°N 79.72889°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,311 ft (400 m)[2] |
| Length | 6.9 mi (11.1 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 9.3 square miles (24 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | East Branch Oil Creek |
| • average | 17.98 cu ft/s (0.509 m3/s) at mouth with East Branch Oil Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | East Branch Oil Creek → Oil Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Allegheny River (Oil Creek) |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Chelton Hill Road, Canadohta Lake Road, Britton Run Road (x2), PA 77, Firth Road |
Britton Run is a 6.90 mi (11.10 km) long tributary to East Branch Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
Britton Run rises in a pond on the Lilley Run divide about 1.5 miles west of Concord Corners, Pennsylvania. Britton Run then flows southwest then southeast through the Erie Drift Plain to East Branch Oil Creek about 0.5 miles west of Glynden, Pennsylvania.
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