Wildcat Run

Wildcat Run is a stream in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. Wildcat Run is situated nearby to the hamlet Pleasant Hill, as well as near the quarter Coopersdale.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St. Columba Church (Johnstown, Pennsylvania) and Laurel Run Dam.

St. Columba Church (Johnstown, Pennsylvania)

Church

Photo: Ron Shawley, CC BY 3.0.

St. Columba Church (Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is situated 2 miles south of Wildcat Run.

Laurel Run Dam

Dam

Photo: Ron Shawley, CC BY 3.0.

The Laurel Run Dam, also known as Laurel Run Dam No. 2, was an earthen embankment dam that failed during the Johnstown Flood of 1977. It had the largest reservoir of seven dams to fail between July 19 and 20, 1977 and caused the most fatalities of the two that did. Laurel Run Dam is situated 1½ miles northeast of Wildcat Run.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Brownstown and East Conemaugh.

Brownstown

Village

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Brownstown is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 744 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area and also part of Johnstown's urban area. Brownstown is situated 2½ miles south of Wildcat Run.

East Conemaugh

Village

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

East Conemaugh is a borough in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is part of the Johnstown, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2020 census, East Conemaugh had a population of 1,082. East Conemaugh is situated 3 miles southeast of Wildcat Run.

Johnstown

Photo: Greg5030, CC BY-SA 2.5.

Johnstown is a city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 41 miles west-southwest of Altoona, and 70 miles east of Pittsburgh. The Conemaugh River forms at Johnstown from its tributaries, the Stonycreek River and the Little Conemaugh.

Wildcat Run

Type: Stream
Category: body of water
Location: Cambria County, Pennsylvania, Mid-Atlantic, United States, North America
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Latitude

40.36924° or 40° 22′ 9″ north

Longitude

-78.9328° or 78° 55′ 58″ west

Elevation

1,237 feet (377 metres)

Open location code

87G39398+MV

GeoNames ID

5219451

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