Baskin Run
| Baskin Run Tributary to South Branch French Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Baskin Run mouth  Baskin Run (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Erie |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Baskin Run and Hare Creek (Brokenstraw Creek) |
| • location | About 0.5 miles northwest of Five Points, Pennsylvania[2] |
| • coordinates | 41°58′48″N 079°43′10″W / 41.98000°N 79.71944°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,832 ft (558 m)[2] |
| Mouth | South Branch French Creek |
• location | about 0.25 miles west of Lovell, Pennsylvania[2] |
• coordinates | 41°54′23″N 079°42′42″W / 41.90639°N 79.71167°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,358 ft (414 m)[1] |
| Length | 5.52 mi (8.88 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 4.86 square miles (12.6 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | South Branch French Creek |
| • average | 10.21 cu ft/s (0.289 m3/s) at mouth with South Branch French Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | South Branch French Creek → French Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Allegheny River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Follett Road, Thompson Road, Turnpike Road, US 6 |
Baskin Run is a 4.86 mi (7.82 km) long tributary to South Branch French Creek in Erie County, Pennsylvania and is classed as a 1st order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.[4]
Course
[edit]Baskin Run rises in Wayne Township of Erie County, Pennsylvania then flows south to meet South Branch French Creek west of Lovell, Pennsylvania.
Watershed
[edit]Baskin Run drains 4.86 square miles (12.6 km2) of Erie Drift Plain (glacial geology). The watershed receives an average of 47.4 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 427.64.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail – Baskin Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Baskin Run Topo Map, Erie County PA (Corry Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Baskin Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 17 September 2019.