Allegheny National Forest

Allegheny National Forest
Allegheny National Forest
	Mead Run in the Allegheny National Forest
Location	Warren, McKean, Forest, and Elk counties, Pennsylvania, USA
Nearest city	Warren, PA
Coordinates	41°39′11″N 79°2′5″W / 41.65306°N 79.03472°W
Area	513,175 acres (2,076.75 km2)
Established	September 24, 1923
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service
Website	Allegheny National Forest

The Allegheny National Forest is a National Forest in Northwestern Pennsylvania, about 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh. The forest covers 513,175 acres (801.8 sq mi; 2,076.7 km²) of land. Within the forest is Kinzua Dam, which impounds the Allegheny River to form Allegheny Reservoir. The administrative headquarters for the Allegheny National Forest is in Warren. The Allegheny National Forest has two ranger stations, one in Marienville, Forest County, and the other in Bradford, McKean County.

The Allegheny National Forest lies in the heart of Pennsylvania's oil and gas region. It is only 40 miles (64 km) from the site of the first commercial oil well in the United States at Titusville, Pennsylvania. In 1981, about 17 percent of the state's crude oil production came from mineral rights owned by private individuals within the Forest boundary.

^ "Land Areas of the National Forest System" (PDF). U.S. Forest Service. January 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2018.
^ "The National Forests of the United States" (PDF). Forest History Society. Retrieved June 16, 2018.

[1] "Land Areas of the National Forest System" (PDF). U.S. Forest Service. January 2012. Retrieved June 16, 2018.

[2] "The National Forests of the United States" (PDF). Forest History Society. Retrieved June 16, 2018.

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