title: Furnace Run (Youghiogheny River tributary)
text: # Furnace Run (Youghiogheny River tributary)
  
  Furnace Run is a 2.70 mi (4.35 km) long 2nd order tributary to the Youghiogheny River in Fayette County, Pennsylvania.
  
  ## Course
  
  Furance Run rises in Buena Vista, Pennsylvania, and then flows northeast to join the Youghiogheny River about 1 mile west of Dawson.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Furnace Run drains 3.19 square miles (8.3 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 43.0 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 348.92, and is about 67% forested.
  
  ## Natural History
  
  Furnace Run is the location of Furnace Run Confluence BDA, which contains a scour area and a mature riverine forest as well as a rare plant species.
  
  