Welty Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Sewickley Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Welty Run mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Welty Run mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Westmoreland |
Length: | 6.59miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Sewickley Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 20.12cuft/s at mouth with Sewickley Creek[2] |
Source1: | Fourmile Run divide |
Source1 Location: | about 3 miles southeast of Weltytown, Pennsylvania[3] |
Source1 Coordinates: | 40.1875°N -79.4017°W[4] |
Source1 Elevation: | 2015feet |
Mouth: | Sewickley Creek |
Mouth Location: | Norvelt, Pennsylvania[5] |
Mouth Coordinates: | 40.2125°N -79.4931°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 975feet |
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 |
Waterbodies: | Mammoth Lake |
Bridges: | Shady Lane, Ankney Hill Road, PA 982, Welty Road, County Park Road, Klaka Road, County Road, Holly Place, Mt. Pleasant Road |
Welty Run is a 6.59miles long 3rd order tributary to Sewickley Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[4]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[4]
Welty Run rises about 3 miles southeast of Weltytown, Pennsylvania,[3] and then flows west to join Sewickley Creek at Norvelt, Pennsylvania.[5]
Welty Run drains of area, receives about 44.4 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 393.98, and is about 52% forested.[2]