Damon Run (Brokenstraw Creek tributary)
Stream in Pennsylvania, USA
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Damon Run is a 2.06 mi (3.32 km) long 2nd order tributary to Brokenstraw Creek.[3] It is classed as a cold-water fishery by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.[5]
| Damon Run Tributary to Brokenstraw Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Damon Run mouth  Damon Run (Brokenstraw Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Warren |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Damon Run and Prosser Run |
| • location | about 1 mile southeast of Baker Hill |
| • coordinates | 41°54′43″N 079°31′33″W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,690 ft (520 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Brokenstraw Creek |
• location | about 1.5 miles northwest of Spring Creek, Pennsylvania[2] |
• coordinates | 41°53′21″N 079°32′53″W[1] |
• elevation | 1,368 ft (417 m)[2] |
| Length | 2.06 mi (3.32 km)[3] |
Basin size | 2.17 square miles (5.6 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Brokenstraw Creek |
| • average | 4.42 cu ft/s (0.125 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 | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Way Road, Lucky Lane |
Course
Damon Run rises on the divide between it and Prosser Run in Warren County, Pennsylvania about 1 mile southeast of Baker Hill and flows southeast to meet Brokenstraw Creek about 1.5 miles northwest of Spring Creek, Pennsylvania.
Watershed
Damon Run drains 2.17 square miles (5.6 km2) of the Pennsylvania High Plateau province and the northwestern glaciated plateau and is underlaid by the Venango Formation.[6] The watershed receives an average of 45.8 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 393.52.[4] The watershed is about 62% forested.