Cripple Creek | |
Pushpin Map: | New York Adirondack Park#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Cripple Creek |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New York |
Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
Subdivision Name3: | Herkimer, Otsego |
Subdivision Type4: | Towns |
Subdivision Name4: | Warren, Springfield |
Length: | 2.1miles[1] |
Source1 Location: | Northeast of Warren |
Source1 Coordinates: | 42.8547°N -74.9097°W[2] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1348feet[3] |
Mouth: | Otsego Lake |
Mouth Location: | South of Springfield Center |
Mouth Coordinates: | 42.8129°N -74.8943°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1194feet |
Progression: | Cripple Creek → Otsego Lake → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
Basin Size: | 17.6sqmi |
Cripple Creek is a river in southern Herkimer County and northern Otsego County in the state of New York. It begins northeast of Warren and flows through Weaver Lake then Young Lake before flowing into Otsego Lake south of Springfield Center.[4] Was formally referred to as Lawyers Creek.
Cripple Creek flows through Clarke Pond before discharging into Otsego Lake.