Britton Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to East Branch Oil Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map Alt: | Map of Britton Run mouth |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of Britton Run mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Crawford |
Subdivision Type4: | Township |
Subdivision Name4: | Rome Sparta |
Length: | 6.9miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | East Branch Oil Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 17.98cuft/s at mouth with East Branch Oil Creek[2] |
Source1: | divide between Britton Run and Lilley Run |
Source1 Location: | pond about 1.5 miles west-southwest of Concord Corners, Pennsylvania |
Source1 Coordinates: | 41.8489°N -79.7406°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1658feet[4] |
Mouth: | East Branch Oil Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles west of Glynden, Pennsylvania |
Mouth Coordinates: | 41.7722°N -79.7289°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1311feet |
Progression: | East Branch Oil Creek → Oil Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Allegheny River (Oil Creek) |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Chelton Hill Road, Canadohta Lake Road, Britton Run Road (x2), PA 77, Firth Road |
Britton Run is a 6.9miles long tributary to East Branch Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
Britton Run rises in a pond on the Lilley Run divide about 1.5 miles west of Concord Corners, Pennsylvania. Britton Run then flows southwest then southeast through the Erie Drift Plain to East Branch Oil Creek about 0.5 miles west of Glynden, Pennsylvania.
Britton Run drains of area, receives about 46.2 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 481.24 and is about 40% forested.[2]