Skunk Run (Slippery Rock Creek tributary)

{{Short description|River in Pennsylvania}}

{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}

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| name = Skunk Run

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| name_other = Tributary to Slippery Rock Creek

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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of Skunk Run mouth

| subdivision_type1 = Country

| subdivision_name1 = United States of America

| subdivision_type2 = State

| subdivision_name2 = Pennsylvania

| subdivision_type3 = County

| subdivision_name3 = Lawrence

| subdivision_type4 = Townships

| subdivision_name4 = Shenango
Slippery Rock
Wayne

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| length = {{convert|2.93|mi|km|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=ArcGIS Web Application |url=https://epa.maps.arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.html?id=ada349b90c26496ea52aab66a092593b |website=epa.maps.arcgis.com |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=18 August 2019}}

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| discharge1_avg = {{convert|2.35|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with Slippery Rock Creek{{cite web |title=Skunk Run Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=10926391 |website=Waters Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=18 August 2019}}

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| source1 = divide between Slippery Rock Creek and Connoquenessing Creek

| source1_location = Shenango and Slippery Rock township line at Castlewood, Pennsylvania

| source1_coordinates= {{coord|40|55|21|N|80|15|53|W|display=inline}}{{cite web |title=GNIS Detail - Skunk Run |url=https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=138:3:0::NO:3:P3_FID,P3_TITLE:1187767,Skunk%20Run |website=geonames.usgs.gov |publisher=US Geological Survey |accessdate=18 August 2019}}

| source1_elevation = {{convert|1,260|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite web |title=New Castle Topo Map, Lawrence County PA (New Castle North Area) |url=https://www.topozone.com/pennsylvania/lawrence-pa/city/new-castle-11/ |website=TopoZone |publisher=Locality, LLC |accessdate=18 August 2019 |language=en}}

| mouth = Slippery Rock Creek

| mouth_location = just downstream of Armstrong Bridge in McConnells Mill State Park

| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|40|54|11|N|80|13|31|W|display=inline,title}}

| mouth_elevation = {{convert|940|ft|abbr=on}}

| progression = Slippery Rock Creek → Connoquenessing Creek → Beaver River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico

| river_system = Beaver River

| basin_size = {{convert|1.86|sqmi}}{{cite web |title=Skunk Run Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=10926391 |website=Waters Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |accessdate=18 August 2019}}

| tributaries_left = unnamed tributaries

| tributaries_right = unnamed tributaries

| bridges = Ellwood Road, Frew Road, Hogue Road

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Skunk Run is a small tributary of Slippery Rock Creek in western Pennsylvania. The stream rises in eastern Lawrence County at the Shenango and Slippery Rock Township line and then flows southeast entering Slippery Rock Creek in McConnells Mill State Park. The watershed is nearly 50% forested.