Horton 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 Horton Run mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Erie |
Length: | 4.36miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | South Branch French Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 6.22cuft/s at mouth with South Branch French Creek[2] |
Source1: | divide between Horton Run and West Shreve Run (Oil Creek) |
Source1 Location: | about 2.5 miles southeast of Hinkley Corners, Pennsylvania[3] |
Source1 Coordinates: | 41.86°N -79.8489°W[4] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1550feet |
Mouth: | South Branch French Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile west of Union City at the Concord-LeBeouf Township line |
Mouth Coordinates: | 41.9031°N -79.8869°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1204feet |
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: | Shreve Road, US 6, Clemens Road |
Horton Run is a 4.36miles long tributary to South Branch French Creek in Erie County, Pennsylvania and is classed as a 1st order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.[2]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[4]
Horton Run rises in southern Union Township of Erie County, Pennsylvania and then flows northwest to join South Branch French Creek.
Horton Run drains of Erie Drift Plain (glacial geology). The watershed receives an average of 46.3 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 468.45.[2]