Pumpkin Run (Monongahela River tributary)

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Pumpkin Run
Tributary to Monongahela River
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Pumpkin Run (Monongahela River tributary) (the United States)
Location
Country United States of America
State Pennsylvania
County Greene
Township Jefferson
Borough Rices Landing
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Pumpkin Run and South Fork of Tenmile Creek
 • locationabout 1 mile east of Jefferson, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates 39°55′28″N080°02′09″W / 39.92444°N 80.03583°W / 39.92444; -80.03583 [1]
 • elevation1,140 ft (350 m) [2]
Mouth Monongahela River
 • location
 Rices Landing, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates
 39°57′01″N080°00′00″W / 39.95028°N 80.00000°W / 39.95028; -80.00000 Coordinates: 39°57′01″N080°00′00″W / 39.95028°N 80.00000°W / 39.95028; -80.00000 [1]
 • elevation
763 ft (233 m) [2]
Length5.37 mi (8.64 km) [3]
Basin size5.81 square miles (15.0 km2) [4]
Discharge 
 • average7.28 cu ft/s (0.206 m3/s) at mouth with Monongahela River [4]
Basin features
Progressiongenerally north
River system Monongahela River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries

Pumpkin Run is a tributary to the Monongahela River in southwestern Pennsylvania. The stream rises in northeastern Greene and flows north entering the Monongahela River at Rices Landing, Pennsylvania. The watershed is roughly 31% agricultural, 58% forested and the rest is other uses. [4] The population in the watershed is 931 (2010). [5]

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References

  1. 1 2 "GNIS Detail - Pumpkin Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Pumpkin Run Topo Map, Greene County PA (Mather Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  4. 1 2 3 "Pumpkin Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". enviroatlas.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved 30 August 2019.


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