title: Belson Run
text: # Belson Run
  
  Belson Run is a 2.55 mi (4.10 km) long 1st order tributary to Sewickley Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
  
  ## Course
  
  Belson Run rises about 0.5 miles north of Central, Pennsylvania, and then flows northwest to join Sewickley Creek at Hunker.
  
  ## Watershed
  
  Belson Run drains 2.70 square miles (7.0 $km^2)$ of area, receives about 41.4 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 416.98, and is about 37% forested.
  
  