Buffalo Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Sewickley Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Buffalo Run mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Buffalo Run mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Westmoreland |
Subdivision Type4: | Borough |
Subdivision Name4: | Hunker |
Length: | 3.89miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Sewickley Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 13.61cuft/s at mouth with Sewickley Creek[2] |
Source1: | Stauffer Run divide |
Source1 Location: | West Bethany, Pennsylvania[3] |
Source1 Coordinates: | 40.1803°N -79.6739°W[4] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1140feet |
Mouth: | Sewickley Creek |
Mouth Location: | Hunker, Pennsylvania[5] |
Mouth Coordinates: | 40.2017°N -79.625°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 917feet |
Progression: | Sewickley Creek → Youghiogheny River → Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Monongahela River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Hockey Road, Ruffsdale-Alverton Road, Leighty Hollow Road, PA 31, Railroad Street, State Route 3089, Thompson Hollow Road, State Route 3089 (x2) |
Buffalo Run is a 3.89miles long 3rd order tributary to Sewickley Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Buffalo Run rises at West Bethany, Pennsylvania,[3] and then flows north-northwest to join Sewickley Creek at Hunker.[5]
Buffalo Run drains of area, receives about 41.5 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 369.10, and is about 48% forested.[2]