Allegheny Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Schuykill River |
Image Alt: | Allegheny Creek in Gibraltar, Pennsylvania |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Allegheny Creek mouth |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Map of Allegheny Creek mouth location |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Berks |
Length: | 10.84miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Schuylkill River |
Discharge1 Avg: | 27.25cuft/s at mouth with Allegheny Creek[2] |
Source1: | Muddy Creek divide |
Source1 Location: | about 1.5 miles south of Alleghenyville, Pennsylvania |
Source1 Coordinates: | 40.2392°N -75.9922°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 640feet[4] |
Mouth: | Schuylkill River |
Mouth Location: | Gibraltar, Pennsylvania |
Mouth Coordinates: | 40.2889°N -75.8753°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 154feet[5] |
Progression: | Schuylkill River → Delaware River → Delaware Bay → → Atlantic Ocean |
River System: | Schuylkill River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | Sleepy Hollow Run |
Waterbodies: | Green Hills Lake |
Bridges: | PA 568, Horning Road, Maple Grove Road, Gebhart School Road, Hartz Store Road, Gunhart Road, I-76, PA 10, Seton Road, PA 568, Evergreen Road, Everts Lane, Tumbleweed Way, White Bear Way, Green Hills Road, Old River Way |
Allegheny Creek is an 11.3adj=midNaNadj=mid[6] tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks County, Pennsylvania in the United States.
The origin of Allegheny Creek is Green Hills Lake in the community of Green Hills. Allegheny Creek joins the Schuylkill River at the village of Gibraltar.
It is crossed by the Allegheny Aqueduct, built as part of the Schuylkill Canal in 1824.