Slaughter Run | |
Name Other: | Tributary to South Branch French Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Slaughter Run mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Erie |
Length: | 7.71miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | South Branch French Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 11.47cuft/s at mouth with South Branch French Creek[2] |
Source1: | divide between Slaughter Run and Herrick Creek (French Creek) |
Source1 Location: | about 2 miles northwest of Five Points, Pennsylvania[3] |
Source1 Coordinates: | 41.9494°N -79.7411°W[4] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1790feet |
Mouth: | South Branch French Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile east of Elgin, Pennsylvania |
Mouth Coordinates: | 41.9017°N -79.7189°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1352feet |
Progression: | South Branch French Creek → French Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Allegheny River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Carter Hill Road, Follett Road, Proctor Road, Turnpike Road, US 6, Lovell Road |
Slaughter Run is a 5.67miles long tributary to South Branch French Creek in Erie County, Pennsylvania and is classed as a 1st order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.[2]
Slaughter Run rises in Wayne Township of Erie County, Pennsylvania northwest of Five Points and then flows south to meet South Branch French Creek west of Lovell, Pennsylvania.
Slaughter Run drains of Erie Drift Plain (glacial geology). The watershed receives an average of 47.1 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 452.75.[2]