Little Brokenstraw Creek Explained

Little Brokenstraw Creek
Name Other:Tributary to Brokenstraw Creek
Map Size:300
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Little Brokenstraw Creek mouth
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:States
Subdivision Name2:Pennsylvania
New York
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Warren
Chautauqua
Length:27.56miles[1]
Discharge1 Location:Brokenstraw Creek
Discharge1 Avg:142.89cuft/s at mouth with Brokenstraw Creek[2]
Source1:confluence of Little Brokenstraw Creek and French Creek
Source1 Location:about 3 miles south-southeast of Pittsfield, Pennsylvania
Source1 Coordinates:42.0978°N -79.5344°W[3]
Source1 Elevation:1750feet[4]
Mouth:Brokenstraw Creek
Mouth Location:Pittsfield, Pennsylvania
Mouth Coordinates:41.8331°N -79.3842°W
Mouth Elevation:1234feet
Progression:Brokenstraw CreekAllegheny RiverOhio RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River System:Allegheny River
Tributaries Left:East Branch Little Brokenstraw Creek
Deer Creek
Stony Creek
Page Hollow
Tributaries Right:Deadmans Run
Miles Run
Taylor Run
Barton Run
Bridges:Wiltsie Road, West Main Street, South Street, Panama Bear Lake Road (x2), Dole Swamp Road, North Road, Valastaik Road, PA 957, Kidder Road, Bull Hill Road, PA 958, Nelson Hill Road, US 6, Muzzle Loaders Lane, Barton Road, PA 27

Little Brokenstraw Creek is a 27.56miles long 3rd order tributary to Brokenstraw Creek.[1] Little Brokenstraw Creek and its tributaries are classed as a cold water fisheries by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.[5]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]

Course

Little Brokenstraw Creek rises on the French Creek divide about 2 miles northeast of Wickwire Corners, New York. It then flows southeast into Pennsylvania to meet Brokenstraw Creek at Pittsfield, Pennsylvania.

Watershed

Little Brokenstraw Creek drains of primarily the Venango Formation.[6] The watershed receives an average of 43.1 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 444.38.[2] The watershed is about 61% forested.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS Web Application . epa.maps.arcgis.com . US EPA . 23 September 2019.
  2. Web site: Little Brokenstraw Creek Watershed Report . Waters Geoviewer . US EPA . 23 September 2019.
  3. Web site: GNIS Detail - Little Brokenstraw Creek . geonames.usgs.gov . US Geological Survey . 23 September 2019.
  4. Web site: Little Brokenstraw Creek Topo Map, Warren County PA (Pittsfield Area) . TopoZone . Locality, LLC . 23 September 2019 . en.
  5. Web site: Brokenstraw Watershed Conservation Plan . Pennsylvania DCNR . Western Pennsylvania Conservancy . 22 September 2019.
  6. Web site: Mineral Resources Online Spatial Data: Geologic maps . mrdata.usgs.gov . US Geological Survey . 22 September 2019.