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Township Line Run
Map of Township Line Run mouth location
Map of Township Line Run mouth location
Map of Township Line Run mouth location
Map of Township Line Run mouth location
Location of Township Line Run mouth
Other name(s) Tributary to Sewickley Creek
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
County Westmoreland
Physical characteristics
Main source Slate Creek divide
Denison, Pennsylvania
1,345 ft (410 m)
40°16′41″N 079°30′04″W / 40.27806°N 79.50111°W / 40.27806; -79.50111
River mouth Sewickley Creek
Armbrust, Pennsylvania
950 ft (290 m)
40°13′23″N 079°32′54″W / 40.22306°N 79.54833°W / 40.22306; -79.54833
Length 5.82 mi (9.37 km)
Basin features
Progression southwest
River system Monongahela River
Basin size 6.49 square miles (16.8 km2)
Tributaries
  • Left:
    unnamed tributaries
  • Right:
    unnamed tributaries
Waterbodies Unity Reservoir
Bridges Chaucer Drive, Toppers Road, Kings Nursery Road, Lakewood Road (x2), PA 130, Pacek Road, Bailey Farm Road, Bennetts Road, Mt. Pleasant Road, Brinkerton Road, Birdie Lane, Pores Road, Harhai Road, Armbrust Brinkerton Road

Township Line Run is a 5.82 mi (9.37 km) long 2nd order tributary to Sewickley Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Township Line Run straddles to boundary between Unity and Hempfield Township and of Mount Pleasant and Hempfield Township. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.

Course

Township Line Run rises in Denison, Pennsylvania, and then flows southwest to join Sewickley Creek at Armbrust.

Watershed

Township Line Run drains 6.49 square miles (16.8 km2) of area, receives about 42.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 371.26, and is about 48% forested.

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