Bloomfield Run
Appearance
Bloomfield Run Tributary to Oil Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Crawford |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Oil Creek and South Branch French Creek |
• location | Bloomfield Township, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°49′41″N 079°48′37″W / 41.82806°N 79.81028°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,560 ft (480 m)[2] |
Mouth | Oil Creek at Riceville, Pennsylvania |
• location | Riceville, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°46′41″N 079°47′35″W / 41.77806°N 79.79306°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,310 ft (400 m)[2] |
Length | 4.0 mi (6.4 km)[3] |
Basin size | 25.85 square miles (67.0 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• average | 180.92 cu ft/s (5.123 m3/s) at mouth with Oil Creek[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Oil Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | Allegheny River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Pine Hollow Run |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Lake Road, Dutch Hill Road, PA Route 77 |
Bloomfield Run is a 4.0 mi (6.4 km) long 2nd order tributary to Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
Course
[edit]Bloomfield Run rises on the South Branch French Creek divide in Bloomfield Township, Pennsylvania. Bloomfield Run then flows south-southeast through the Erie Drift Plain to Oil Creek at Riceville, Pennsylvania.
Watershed
[edit]Bloomfield Run drains 25.85 square miles (67.0 km2) of area, receives about 46.1 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 470.16 and is about 51% forested.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Bloomfield Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
- ^ a b "Oil Creek Topo Map, Venango County PA (Oil City Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- ^ a b c "Bloomfield Run Watershed Report". Waters GeoViewer. US EPA. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
Additional Images
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