Hughey Run
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| Hughey Run Tributary to Bilger Run | |
|---|---|
  Location of Hughey Run mouth  Hughey Run (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Clearfield |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Bilger Run divide |
| • location | pond about 1 mile west of Greenville, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 41°00′36″N 078°37′43″W / 41.01000°N 78.62861°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,790 ft (550 m)[2] |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 0.5 miles south of Greenville, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°59′59″N 078°36′09″W / 40.99972°N 78.60250°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,686 ft (514 m)[3] |
| Length | 1.84 mi (2.96 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 1.26 square miles (3.3 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Bilger Run |
| • average | 2.14 cu ft/s (0.061 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 | T 486, Evergreen Road |
Hughey Run is a 1.84 mi (2.96 km) long 1st order tributary to Bilger Run in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1] Hughey Run has been and continues to impacted by acid mine drainage (AMD), though not to the extent of Kratzer Run.[6]
Hughey Run rises in a pond about 1 mile west of Greenville, Pennsylvania, and then flows generally southeast to join Bilger Run about 0.5 miles south of Greenville.[3]
Watershed
Hughey Run drains 1.26 square miles (3.3 km2) of area, receives about 44.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 427.37, and is about 73% forested.[5]
