McMurray Run

River in Pennsylvania

McMurray Run

Tributary to Slippery Rock Creek

Location of McMurray Run mouth

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McMurray Run (the United States)

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Location
Country| United States of America
State| Pennsylvania
County| Butler
Townships| Slippery Rock
Mercer
Borough| Harrisville
Physical characteristics
Source| divide between McMurray Run and Wolf Creek
• location| about 1 mile north of Harrisville, Pennsylvania
• coordinates| 41°09′32″N 80°00′23″W﻿ / ﻿41.15889°N 80.00639°W﻿ / 41.15889; -80.00639[1]
• elevation| 1,390 ft (420 m)[2]
Mouth| Slippery Rock Creek

• location

| Rock Hill Camp

• coordinates

| 41°04′38″N 79°57′55″W﻿ / ﻿41.07722°N 79.96528°W﻿ / 41.07722; -79.96528[1]

• elevation

| 1,175 ft (358 m)[2]
Length| 7.64 mi (12.30 km)[3]
Basin size| 13.29 square miles (34.4 km2)[4]
Discharge|
• average| 19.6 cu ft/s (0.56 m3/s) at mouth with Slippery Rock Creek[4]
Basin features
Progression| Slippery Rock Creek → Connoquenessing Creek → Beaver River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River system| Beaver River
Tributaries|
• left| unnamed tributaries
• right| unnamed tributaries
Bridges| William Flynn Highway (PA 8), E Mercer Street, Frampton Road, Boyers Road, New Hope Road

McMurray Run is a small tributary of Slippery Rock Creek in western Pennsylvania. The stream rises in northwestern Butler County and flows south entering Slippery Rock Creek at Rock Hill Camp. The watershed is roughly 39% agricultural, 53% forested and the rest is other uses.[4]

## See also

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* List of rivers of Pennsylvania

## References

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1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - McMurray Run". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
2. ^ a b "McMurray Run Topo Map, Butler County PA (West Sunbury Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
4. ^ a b c "McMurray Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 20 August 2019.

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