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Stranahan Run
Location of Stranahan Run mouth
Location of Stranahan Run mouth
Location of Stranahan Run mouth
Location of Stranahan Run mouth
Other name(s) Tributary to East Branch Oil Creek
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Crawford
Erie
City Spartansburg
Physical characteristics
Main source divide between Stranahan Run, Britton Run and unnamed tributary to East Branch Oil Creek
about 1.5 miles northwest of Spartansburg, Pennsylvania in State Game Lands #144
1,650 ft (500 m)
41°50′25″N 079°40′06″W / 41.84028°N 79.66833°W / 41.84028; -79.66833
River mouth Clear Lake
Spartansburg, Pennsylvania
1,441 ft (439 m)
41°50′14″N 079°43′21″W / 41.83722°N 79.72250°W / 41.83722; -79.72250
Length 1.97 mi (3.17 km)
Basin features
Progression northeast then southeast
River system Allegheny River (Oil Creek)
Basin size 3.04 square miles (7.9 km2)
Tributaries
  • Left:
    unnamed tributaries
  • Right:
    unnamed tributaries
Waterbodies Clear Lake
Bridges intersection of Earnest Road, PA 89

Stranahan Run is a 1.97 mi (3.17 km) long tributary to East Branch Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Course

Stranahan Run rises on the Britton Run divide about 1.5 miles northwest of Spartansburg, Pennsylvania. Stranahan Run then flows northeast and southeast through the Erie Drift Plain to Clear Lake, in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania where it joins East Branch Oil Creek.

Watershed

Stranahan Run drains 3.04 square miles (7.9 km2) of area, receives about 46.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 478.58 and is about 47% forested.

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Course of Stranahan Run (East Branch Oil Creek)
Course of Stranahan Run (East Branch Oil Creek tributary)
Watershed of Stranahan Run (East Branch Oil Creek)
Watershed of Stranahan Run (East Branch Oil Creek tributary)
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