Boyer Run Tributary to Sewickley Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Westmoreland |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Brush Run divide |
• location | about 1 mile northeast of Standard Shaft, Pennsylvania [2] |
• coordinates | 40°10′29″N 079°30′13″W / 40.17472°N 79.50361°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,152 ft (351 m) [2] |
Mouth | Sewickley Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles east of Armbrust, Pennsylvania [3] |
• coordinates | 40°13′09″N 079°32′07″W / 40.21917°N 79.53528°W [1] |
• elevation | 958 ft (292 m) [3] |
Length | 2.98 mi (4.80 km) [4] |
Basin size | 8.44 square miles (21.9 km2) [5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Sewickley Creek |
• average | 7.86 cu ft/s (0.223 m3/s) at mouth with Sewickley Creek [5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Sewickley Creek → Youghiogheny River → Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | Monongahela River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | Hurst Run |
Bridges | PA 981, Boyer Road, Armbrust-Hecla Road |
Boyer Run is a 2.98 mi (4.80 km) long 2nd order tributary to Sewickley Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Boyer Run rises about one mile (1.6 km) northeast of Standard Shaft, Pennsylvania, [2] and then flows northwest to join Sewickley Creek at about 0.5 miles (0.80 km) east of Armbrust. [3]
Boyer Run drains 5.44 square miles (14.1 km2) of area, receives about 42.6 in (1,080 mm) per year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 382.48, and is about 44% forested. [5]