Latchaw Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Tunungwant Creek |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Latchaw Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New York Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | Counties |
Subdivision Name3: | McKean (PA) Cattaraugus(NY) |
Length: | 2.99miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Tunungwant Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 3.25cuft/s at mouth with Tunungwant Creek[2] |
Source1: | Limestone Brook divide |
Source1 Location: | about 2 miles southwest of Limestone, New York |
Source1 Coordinates: | 42.0092°N -78.6542°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 2140feet |
Mouth: | Tunungwant Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile north-northwest of Foster Brook, Pennsylvania |
Mouth Coordinates: | 41.9928°N -78.625°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1401feet |
Progression: | Tunungwant Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Allegheny River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Camp Road, unnamed road (x3), Latchaw Hollow Road, Seaward Avenue |
Latchaw Creek is a 2.99miles long first-order tributary to Tunungwant Creek.[1] This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[3]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Latchaw Creek rises about southwest of Limestone, New York in Cattaraugus County and then flows generally southeast into McKean County, Pennsylvania to meet Tunungwant Creek about 1-mile north-northwest of Foster Brook, Pennsylvania.
Latchaw Creek drains of area, receives about of precipitation, and is about 94.03% forested.[2]