| Hughey Run Tributary to Bilger Run | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Clearfield |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Bilger Run divide |
| • location | pond about 1 mile west of Greenville, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 41°00′36″N 078°37′43″W / 41.01000°N 78.62861°W |
| • elevation | 1,790 ft (550 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | about 0.5 miles south of Greenville, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°59′59″N 078°36′09″W / 40.99972°N 78.60250°W |
• elevation | 1,686 ft (514 m) |
| Length | 1.84 mi (2.96 km) |
Basin size | 1.26 square miles (3.3 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Bilger Run |
| • average | 2.14 cu ft/s (0.061 m3/s) at mouth with Bilger Run |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Bilger Run → Kratzer Run → Anderson Creek → West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Susquehanna River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | T 486, Evergreen Road |
Hughey Run is a 1.84 mi (2.96 km) long 1st order tributary to Bilger Run in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. This is the only stream of this name in the United States. Hughey Run has been and continues to impacted by acid mine drainage (AMD), though not to the extent of Kratzer Run.
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.
Hughey Run drains 1.26 square miles (3.3 km2) of area, receives about 44.6 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 427.37, and is about 73% forested.
