Mead Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Brokenstraw Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Mead Run mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Warren |
Length: | 6.11miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Brokenstraw Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 10.19cuft/s at mouth with Brokenstraw Creek[2] |
Source1: | divide between Mead Run, Matthews Run, and Page Hollow |
Source1 Location: | about 0.5 miles northeast of Nuttles Rocks |
Source1 Coordinates: | 41.9122°N -79.3781°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1850feet[4] |
Mouth: | Brokenstraw Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.25 miles west of Youngsville, Pennsylvania |
Mouth Coordinates: | 41.8436°N -79.3306°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1201feet |
Progression: | Brokenstraw Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Allegheny River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Murray Hill Road, US 6, Old Pittsfield Road |
Mead Run is a 6.11miles long 2nd order tributary to Brokenstraw Creek.[1] It is classed as a cold water fishery by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.[5]
Mead Run rises in Warren County, Pennsylvania about 0.5 miles northeast of Nuttles Rocks and flows southeast to meet Brokenstraw Creek just west of Youngsville.
Mead Run drains of the Pennsylvania High Plateau province and is underlaid by the Venango Formation, Corry Sandstone through Riceville Formation, and the Shenango through Cuyahoga Group.[6] The watershed receives an average of 44.0 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 378.06.[2] The watershed is about 69% forested.