Britton Run (East Branch Oil Creek Tributary)
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Britton Run is a long tributary to East Branch Oil Creek in
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Course

Britton Run rises in a pond on the Lilley Run divide about 1.5 miles west of Concord Corners, Pennsylvania. Britton Run then flows southwest then southeast through the Erie Drift Plain to East Branch Oil Creek about 0.5 miles west of Glynden, Pennsylvania.


Watershed

Britton Run drains of area, receives about 46.2 in/year of precipitation, has a
topographic wetness index The topographic wetness index (TWI), also known as the compound topographic index (CTI), is a steady state wetness index. It is commonly used to quantify topographic control on hydrological processes. The index is a function of both the slope and t ...
of 481.24 and is about 40% forested.


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