Beaver Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to South Branch French Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Beaver Run mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Erie |
Subdivision Type4: | Borough |
Subdivision Name4: | Elgin |
Length: | 5.8miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | South Branch French Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 13.55cuft/s at mouth with South Branch French Creek[2] |
Source1: | divide between Beaver Run and Bentley Run |
Source1 Location: | about 3 miles northwest of Beaver Dam, Pennsylvania[3] |
Source1 Coordinates: | 41.9431°N -79.7903°W[4] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1505feet |
Mouth: | South Branch French Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles south of Elgin, Pennsylvania |
Mouth Coordinates: | 41.8908°N -79.7394°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1342feet |
Progression: | South Branch French Creek → French Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Allegheny River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Tarbell Road, Messenger Road, Turnpike Road, US 6, W Pleasant Street, S Main Street, Elgin Road |
Beaver Run is a 9.33miles long tributary to South Branch French Creek in Erie County, Pennsylvania and is classed as a 2nd order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.[2]
Beaver Run rises in Amity Township of Erie County, Pennsylvania northwest of Beaver Dam and then flows southwest through Wayne Township to meet South Branch French Creek south of Elgin, Pennsylvania.
Beaver Run drains of Erie Drift Plain (glacial geology). The watershed receives an average of 46.7 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 481.88.[2]