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 Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf 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]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
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.
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.