Big Run (Slippery Rock Creek tributary)

Big Run is a small tributary of Slippery Rock Creek in western Pennsylvania. The stream rises in northwestern Butler County and flows northwest entering Slippery Rock Creek just east of Crolls Mills, Pennsylvania. The watershed is roughly 26% agricultural, 65% forested and the rest is other uses.[4]

Big Run
Tributary to Slippery Rock Creek
Location of Big Run mouth
Big Run (Slippery Rock Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States of America
StatePennsylvania
CountyButler
TownshipBrady
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Big Run and Muddy Creek
  locationabout 0.25 miles south of Elora, Pennsylvania
  coordinates40°59′14″N 79°59′20″W[1]
  elevation1,370 ft (420 m)[2]
MouthSlippery Rock Creek
  location
about 0.25 miles east of Crolls Mills, Pennsylvania
  coordinates
41°01′14″N 80°02′07″W[1]
  elevation
1,130 ft (340 m)[2]
Length4.52 mi (7.27 km)[3]
Basin size7.14 square miles (18.5 km2)[4]
Discharge 
  average10.36 cu ft/s (0.293 m3/s) at mouth with Slippery Rock Creek[4]
Basin features
Progressionnorthwest
River systemBeaver River
Tributaries 
  leftunnamed tributaries
  rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesWilliam Flynn Highway (PA 8) (x2), Duffy Road, McBride Road

See also

References

  1. "GNIS Detail - Big Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. "South Branch Slippery Rock Creek Topo Map, Butler County PA (West Sunbury Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  4. "Big Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 19 August 2019.


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