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Cornplanter Run
Location of the mouth of Cornplanter Run
Location of the mouth of Cornplanter Run
Location of the mouth of Cornplanter Run
Location of the mouth of Cornplanter Run
Cornplanter Run mouth location
Other name(s) Tributary to Oil Creek
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Venango
City Oil City
Physical characteristics
Main source about 1.5 miles north of Oil City, Pennsylvania
Oil City, Pennsylvania
1,480 ft (450 m)
41°28′24″N 079°44′03″W / 41.47333°N 79.73417°W / 41.47333; -79.73417
River mouth Just outside of north city limits of Oil City, Pennsylvania
Oil City, Pennsylvania
1,005 ft (306 m)
41°26′39″N 079°41′59″W / 41.44417°N 79.69972°W / 41.44417; -79.69972
Length 2.75 mi (4.43 km)
Basin features
Progression southeast
River system Allegheny River
Basin size 3.3 square miles (8.5 km2)
Tributaries
  • Left:
    Calaboose Run
  • Right:
    unnamed tributaries
Bridges N Seneca Street

Cornplanter Run is a 2.76-mile-long (4.44 km) tributary to Oil Creek in northwestern Pennsylvania in the United States.

Course

Cornplanter Run rises just south of Fosters Corner and flows south to join Oil Creek just north of the city limits of Oil City, Pennsylvania. Calaboose Run joins this creek about half-way through its course on the left. Cornplanter Run is a 2nd order stream at its mouth with Oil Creek.

Watershed

Cornplanter Run drains 3.3 square mi (8.45 square km) and has an average annual flow of 5.99 cfs (cubic feet/second). Rainfall averages 44.53 in (1,130.99 mm) per year. About 83% of the watershed is forested.

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Course of Cornplanter Run (Oil Creek tributary)
Course of Cornplanter Run (Oil Creek tributary)
Watershed of Cornplanter Run (Oil Creek tributary)
Watershed of Cornplanter Run (Oil Creek tributary)
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