Sugarcamp Run Tributary to Buffalo Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State |
West Virginia Pennsylvania |
Counties |
Brooke Washington |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | unnamed tributary to Cross Creek divide |
• location | pond about 1 mile east of Independence, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°15′21″N 080°28′43″W / 40.25583°N 80.47861°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,230 ft (370 m) [2] |
Mouth | Buffalo Creek |
• location | about 2 miles southeast of Bethany, West Virginia |
• coordinates | 40°11′38″N 080°31′45″W / 40.19389°N 80.52917°W [1] |
• elevation | 823 ft (251 m) [3] |
Length | 6.58 mi (10.59 km) [4] |
Basin size | 10.00 square miles (25.9 km2) [5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Buffalo Creek |
• average | 11.56 cu ft/s (0.327 m3/s) at mouth with Buffalo Creek [5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Buffalo Creek → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | Ohio River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | Indian Camp Run Brashears Run |
Bridges | Sugar Run Road, PA 844, Sugar Run Road (x6) |
Sugarcamp Run is a 6.58 mi (10.59 km) long 3rd order tributary to Buffalo Creek in Brooke County, West Virginia.
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as: [1]
Sugarcamp Run rises about 1 mile east of Independence, Pennsylvania, in Washington County and then flows southwesterly into Brooke County to join Buffalo Creek about 2 miles southeast of Bethany, West Virginia. [3]
Sugarcamp Run drains 10.00 square miles (25.9 km2) of area, receives about 40.1 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 329.61, and is about 44% forested. [5]