Pithole Creek
| Pithole Creek Tributary to Allegheny River | |
|---|---|
 Pithole Creek at the Pithole Stone Arch Bridge | |
  Location of the mouth of Pithole Creek in Pennsylvania | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Forest, Venango |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Stewart Run, Forest County, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 41°37′20″N 79°29′38″W / 41.62222°N 79.49389°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,720 ft (520 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Allegheny River |
• location | Oleopolis, Venango County, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°27′23″N 79°36′35″W / 41.45639°N 79.60972°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,010 ft (310 m)[2] |
| Length | 17.1 mi (27.5 km)[2] |
| Basin size | 41.8 sq mi (108 km2)[2] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Allegheny River |
| • average | 74.06 cu ft/s (2.097 m3/s) at mouth with Allegheny River[3] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Simmons Run |
| • right | Woodcock Run Schoolhouse Run W Pithole Creek Allender Run |
Pithole Creek is a 17.1-mile (27.5 km) tributary of the Allegheny River in Northwest Pennsylvania in the United States.[4] It has a drainage area of 41.8 square miles (108 km2).
Pithole Creek joins the Allegheny River approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) upstream of Oleopolis.[4]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Pithole Creek". Geographic Names Information System. August 2, 1979. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
- ^ a b c d Shaw, L. C.; W. F. Busch (June 1984). Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams, Part II. Water Resources Bulletin. Vol. 16. Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Forest and Waters.
- ^ "Pithole Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ a b Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6