Fenton Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Bilger Run |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Fenton Run mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Fenton Run mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Clearfield |
Length: | 2.14miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Bilger Run |
Discharge1 Avg: | 2.98cuft/s at mouth with Bilger Run[2] |
Source1: | Bell Run divide |
Source1 Location: | about 0.5 miles north-northwest of Grampian, Pennsylvania |
Source1 Coordinates: | 40.9908°N -78.6233°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1690feet[4] |
Mouth Location: | about 0.75 miles west of Stronach, Pennsylvania |
Mouth Coordinates: | 40.9772°N -78.5867°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1444feet[5] |
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 |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Joc Lane, 6th Street Ext. |
Fenton Run is a 2.14miles long 1st order tributary to Bilger Run in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. It is the only stream with this name in the United States.[3]
Like all of the other tributaries flowing into Kratzer Run, Fenton Run has been impacted by acid mine drainage (AMD). Over the past thirty years, however, stream conditions have improved, and Fenton Run now supports fish life.[6]
Fenton Run rises about 0.5 miles north-northwest of Grampian, Pennsylvania, and then flows northeast and turns southeast to join Bilger Run about 0.75 miles west of Stronach.[5]
Fenton Run drains of area, receives about 43.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 381.35, and is about 65% forested.[2]