Fenton Run
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| Fenton Run Tributary to Bilger Run | |
|---|---|
  Location of Fenton Run mouth  Fenton Run (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Clearfield |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Bell Run divide |
| • location | about 0.5 miles north-northwest of Grampian, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 40°59′27″N 078°37′24″W / 40.99083°N 78.62333°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,690 ft (520 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 0.75 miles west of Stronach, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°58′38″N 078°35′12″W / 40.97722°N 78.58667°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,444 ft (440 m)[3] |
| Length | 2.14 mi (3.44 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 1.83 square miles (4.7 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Bilger Run |
| • average | 2.98 cu ft/s (0.084 m3/s) at mouth with Bilger Run[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Bilger Run → Kratzer Run → Anderson Creek → West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Susquehanna River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Joc Lane, 6th Street Ext. |
Fenton Run is a 2.14 mi (3.44 km) long 1st order tributary to Bilger Run in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. It is the only stream with this name in the United States.[1]
Like all of the other tributaries flowing into Kratzer Run, Fenton Run has been impacted by acid mine drainage (AMD). Over the past thirty years, however, stream conditions have improved, and Fenton Run now supports fish life.[6]
Fenton Run rises about 0.5 miles north-northwest of Grampian, Pennsylvania, and then flows northeast and turns southeast to join Bilger Run about 0.75 miles west of Stronach.[3]