Foster Run (Sugar Creek tributary)
Foster Run is a 3.55 mi (5.71 km) long 1st order tributary to Sugar Creek in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
Foster Run Tributary to Sugar Creek | |
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![]() ![]() Location of Foster Run mouth ![]() ![]() Foster Run (Sugar Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Venango |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Warden Run divide |
• location | about 1 mile northeast of Hannasville, Pennsylvania[1] |
• coordinates | 41°29′27″N 079°55′57″W[2] |
• elevation | 1,470 ft (450 m)[1] |
Mouth | Sugar Creek |
• location | about 0.25 miles north of Wyattville, Pennsylvania[1] |
• coordinates | 41°27′17″N 079°53′56″W[2] |
• elevation | 1,060 ft (320 m)[1] |
Length | 3.55 mi (5.71 km)[3] |
Basin size | 2.13 square miles (5.5 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Sugar Creek |
• average | 3.78 cu ft/s (0.107 m3/s) at mouth with Sugar Creek[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | southeast |
River system | Allegheny River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Course
Foster Run rises on the Warden Run divide about 1 mile northeast of Hannasville, Pennsylvania in Venango County. Foster Run then flows southeast to meet Sugar Creek about 0.25 miles north of Wyattville, Pennsylvania in Venango County.[1]
Watershed
Foster Run drains 2.13 square miles (5.5 km2) of area, receives about 44.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 410.34, and has an average water temperature of 8.27 °C.[4] The watershed is 68% forested.[4]
References
- "Warden Run Topo Map, Venango County PA (Utica Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- "GNIS Detail - Foster Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
- "Foster Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 26 December 2019.
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