Fox Creek (Schoharie Creek tributary) explained

Fox Creek
Pushpin Map:New York Adirondack Park#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth within New York
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:New York
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Capital
Subdivision Type4:Counties
Subdivision Name4:Albany, Schoharie
Length:24.8miles
Source1 Location:Berne
Source1 Coordinates:42.5834°N -74.041°W[1]
Source1 Elevation:1420feet
Mouth:Schoharie Creek
Mouth Location:Schoharie
Mouth Coordinates:42.6881°N -74.3085°W
Mouth Elevation:581feet
Tributaries Left:Switz Kill
Tributaries Right:Beaverdam Creek, Ox Kill, King Creek, Louse Kill

Fox Creek is a 24.8adj=midNaNadj=mid[2] tributary of Schoharie Creek in Schoharie and Albany counties in the U.S. state of New York. It rises in the southeastern part of the town of Berne, west of the Helderberg Mountains, and flows west, passing through the hamlets of East Berne, Bensons Corner, Berne, and West Berne, continuing through the town of Wright, where it passes the hamlets of Gallupville and Shutter Corners before entering the town of Schoharie, where it flows into Schoharie Creek near the hamlet of Vroman Corners. Fox Creek is part of the Hudson River watershed, Via Schoharie Creek and the Mohawk River.

Near its mouth it is crossed by the Schoharie Bridge, a covered bridge near the Old Stone Fort, an American Revolutionary War-era structure.

Hydrology

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) maintains stream gauges along Fox Creek. The station on Drebitko Road, 2.9miles northeast of Schoharie has been recording daily measurements since 2017. It had a maximum discharge of per second on April 4, 1987, which is outside the period of record and therefore estimated and a minimum discharge of per second on July 16–17, 2018.[3]

Tributaries

Louse Kill converges with Fox Creek near Schoharie, New York.[4] Ox Kill converges with Fox Creek near Gallupville, New York.[5] King Creek converges with Fox Creek in Gallupville, New York.[6]

See also

Notes and References

  1. 974211. Fox Creek. August 29, 2021.
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed October 3, 2011
  3. Web site: USGS 01351200 FOX CREEK NEAR SCHOHARIE NY . United States Geological Survey . 4 May 2020.
  4. Web site: Louse Kill . 1995 . usgs.gov . usgs . 23 April 2017.
  5. Web site: Ox Kill . 1995 . usgs.gov . usgs . 23 April 2017.
  6. Web site: King Creek . 1995 . usgs.gov . usgs . 23 April 2017.