Hare Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Brokenstraw Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Hare Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania New York |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Warren Erie Chautauqua |
Length: | 12.05miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Brokenstraw Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 60.28cuft/s at mouth with Brokenstraw Creek[2] |
Source1: | divide between Hare Creek and French Creek |
Source1 Location: | about 2 miles southeast of Cutting, New York |
Source1 Coordinates: | 42.0075°N -79.6783°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1525feet[4] |
Mouth: | Brokenstraw Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 3 miles southeast of Corry, Pennsylvania |
Mouth Coordinates: | 41.9025°N -79.5678°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1368feet |
Progression: | Brokenstraw Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Allegheny River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | Bear Creek Winton Run |
Bridges: | State Line Road, Crosscut Road, Sciota Road, Corry Junction Greenway Trail, US 6, Sciota Street, North Shady Avenue, Scott's Crossing Road, Spring Creek Corry Road, Locey Road, |
Hare Creek is a 12.05miles long 3rd order tributary to Brokenstraw Creek.[1] It is classed as a cold-water/warm-water fishery by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.[5]
Hare Creek rises on the divide between it and French Creek in Chautauqua County, New York about 2 miles southeast of Cutting and flows southeast to meet Brokenstraw Creek about 3 miles southeast of Corry, Pennsylvania.
Hare Creek drains of the northwestern glaciated plateau and is underlaid by the Venango Formation.[6] The watershed receives an average of 47.4 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 457.12.[2] The watershed is about 47% forested.