Mosey Run (Oil Creek tributary)

Mosey Run is a 7.5 mi (12.1 km) long 1st order tributary to Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Mosey Run
Tributary to Oil Creek
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyCrawford
Erie
TownshipBloomfield
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Mosey Run and South Branch French Creek
 • locationUnion Township, Erie County
 • coordinates41°51′04″N 079°54′49″W[1]
 • elevation1,665 ft (507 m)[2]
MouthOil Creek at Lincolnville, Pennsylvania
 • location
Lincolnville, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates
41°47′43″N 079°50′26″W[1]
 • elevation
1,370 ft (420 m)[2]
Length7.5 mi (12.1 km)[3]
Basin size180.95 square miles (468.7 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • average180.92 cu ft/s (5.123 m3/s) at mouth with Oil Creek[4]
Basin features
Progressionsouth-southeast
River systemAllegheny River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesRockdale Road, Wilkins Road, King Road, Brown Hill Road, Shreve Ridge Road

Course

Mosey Run rises on the South Branch French Creek divide in Union Township, Pennsylvania. Mosey Run then flows south-southeast through the Erie Drift Plain to Oil Creek at Lincolnville, Pennsylvania.

Watershed

Mosey Run drains 180.95 square miles (468.7 km2) of area, receives about 46.2 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 463.09 and is about 54% forested.[4]

References
  1. "GNIS Detail - Mosey Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 June 2019.
  2. "Navy Run Topo Map, Crawford County PA (Centerville Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
  4. "Mosey Run Watershed Report". Waters GeoViewer. US EPA. Retrieved 16 June 2019.

Additional Images
Course and Watershed of Mosey Run (Oil Creek tributary)


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