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Foster Run
Other name(s) Tributary to Sugar Creek
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Venango
Physical characteristics
Main source Warden Run divide
about 1 mile northeast of Hannasville, Pennsylvania
1,470 ft (450 m)
River mouth Sugar Creek
about 0.25 miles north of Wyattville, Pennsylvania
1,060 ft (320 m)
Length 3.55 mi (5.71 km)
Discharge
  • Average rate:
    3.78 cu ft/s (0.107 m3/s) at mouth with Sugar Creek
Basin features
Progression southeast
River system Allegheny River
Basin size 2.13 square miles (5.5 km2)
Tributaries
  • Left:
    unnamed tributaries
  • Right:
    unnamed tributaries

Foster Run is a 3.55 mi (5.71 km) long 1st order tributary to Sugar Creek in Venango County, Pennsylvania.

Course

Foster Run rises on the Warden Run divide about 1 mile northeast of Hannasville, Pennsylvania in Venango County. Foster Run then flows southeast to meet Sugar Creek about 0.25 miles north of Wyattville, Pennsylvania in Venango County.

Watershed

Foster Run drains 2.13 square miles (5.5 km2) of area, receives about 44.0 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 410.34, and has an average water temperature of 8.27 °C. The watershed is 68% forested.

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