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Mosey Run
Location of the mouth of Mosey Run
Location of the mouth of Mosey Run
Location of the mouth of Mosey Run
Location of the mouth of Mosey Run
Other name(s) Tributary to Oil Creek
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Crawford
Erie
Township Bloomfield
Physical characteristics
Main source divide between Mosey Run and South Branch French Creek
Union Township, Erie County
1,665 ft (507 m)
41°51′04″N 079°54′49″W / 41.85111°N 79.91361°W / 41.85111; -79.91361
River mouth Oil Creek at Lincolnville, Pennsylvania
Lincolnville, Pennsylvania
1,370 ft (420 m)
41°47′43″N 079°50′26″W / 41.79528°N 79.84056°W / 41.79528; -79.84056
Length 7.5 mi (12.1 km)
Basin features
Progression south-southeast
River system Allegheny River
Basin size 180.95 square miles (468.7 km2)
Tributaries
  • Left:
    unnamed tributaries
  • Right:
    unnamed tributaries
Bridges Rockdale Road, Wilkins Road, King Road, Brown Hill Road, Shreve Ridge Road

Mosey Run is a 7.5 mi (12.1 km) long 1st order tributary to Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Course

Mosey Run rises on the South Branch French Creek divide in Union Township, Pennsylvania. Mosey Run then flows south-southeast through the Erie Drift Plain to Oil Creek at Lincolnville, Pennsylvania.

Watershed

Mosey Run drains 180.95 square miles (468.7 km2) of area, receives about 46.2 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 463.09 and is about 54% forested.

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Course and Watershed of Mosey Run (Oil Creek tributary)
Course and Watershed of Mosey Run (Oil Creek tributary)
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