Eckles Run
River in Pennsylvania
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Eckles Run is a tributary of the Beaver River in western Pennsylvania. The stream rises in south-central Lawrence County and flows east entering the Beaver River at Wampum, Pennsylvania. The watershed is roughly 35% agricultural, 54% forested and the rest is other uses.[4] This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
CountryUnited States of America
StatePennsylvania
CountyLawrence
Sourcedivide between Eckles Run and North Fork Little Beaver Creek
| Eckles Run Tributary to Beaver River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Eckles Run mouth  Eckles Run (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Lawrence |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Eckles Run and North Fork Little Beaver Creek |
| • location | about 0.5 miles west of Coverdale, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 40°52′40″N 080°22′39″W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,120 ft (340 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Beaver River |
• location | Wampum, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°53′36″N 080°20′25″W[1] |
• elevation | 740 ft (230 m)[2] |
| Length | 3.18 mi (5.12 km)[3] |
Basin size | 3.03 square miles (7.8 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 3.41 cu ft/s (0.097 m3/s) at mouth with Beaver River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Beaver River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Beaver River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |