title: Dickerson Run (Youghiogheny River tributary)
text: # Dickerson Run (Youghiogheny River tributary)
  
  Dickerson Run is a 3.36 mi (5.41 km) long 3rd order tributary to the Youghiogheny River in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
  
  ## Variant names
  
  According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:
  
  * Dickinsons Mill Run
  
  ## Course
  
  Dickerson Run rises in a pond about 1.5 miles northwest of Leisenring, Pennsylvania, and then flows north to join the Youghiogheny River at Liberty.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Dickerson Run drains 6.04 square miles (15.6 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 42.8 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 335.92, and is about 51% forested.
  
  