Hunters Run (Sewickley Creek tributary)
Stream in Pennsylvania, USA
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Hunters Run is a 2.69 mi (4.33 km) long 2nd order tributary to Sewickley Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
| Hunters Run Tributary to Sewickley Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Hunters Run mouth  Hunters Run (Sewickley Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Westmoreland |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Painters Run and Dutch Hollow divide |
| • location | about 0.5 miles southwest of Wyano, Pennsylvania[1] |
| • coordinates | 40°11′23″N 079°41′54″W[2] |
| • elevation | 1,005 ft (306 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Sewickley Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles northwest of Wyano, Pennsylvania[3] |
• coordinates | 40°12′33″N 079°42′57″W[2] |
• elevation | 860 ft (260 m)[3] |
| Length | 2.69 mi (4.33 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 3.17 square miles (8.2 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Sewickley Creek |
| • average | 3.92 cu ft/s (0.111 m3/s) at mouth with Sewickley Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Sewickley Creek → Youghiogheny River → Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Monongahela River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Painters Run |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Smithton Pike, I-70, PA 31, I-70, 1st Street, Strikertown Road, Squires Lane, Turkeytown Road |
Course
Hunters Run rises about 0.5 miles southwest of Wyano, Pennsylvania,[1] and then flows northerly to join Sewickley Creek about 0.5 miles northwest of Wyano.[3]
Watershed
Hunters Run drains 3.17 square miles (8.2 km2) of area, receives about 40.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 355.34, and is about 40% forested.[5]
