Hughey Run is a long
1st order tributary to
Bilger Run in
Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
Clearfield County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 80,562. The county seat is Clearfield, and the largest city is DuBois. The county was created in 1804 and later organized in 1822.
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. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Hughey Run has been and continues to impacted by
acid mine drainage
Acid mine drainage, acid and metalliferous drainage (AMD), or acid rock drainage (ARD) is the outflow of acidic water from metal mines or coal mines.
Acid rock drainage occurs naturally within some environments as part of the rock weathering ...
(AMD), though not to the extent of Kratzer Run.
Course
Hughey Run rises in a pond about 1 mile west of Greenville, Pennsylvania, and then flows generally southeast to join
Bilger Run about 0.5 miles south of Greenville.
Watershed
Hughey Run drains of area, receives about 44.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 427.37, and is about 73% forested.
See also
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List of Pennsylvania Rivers
This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake Bay
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References
Watershed Map
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Rivers of Clearfield County, Pennsylvania
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