Pine Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Oil Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Map Alt: | Map of the mouth of Pine Creek |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Alt: | Location of the mouth of Pine Creek |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Crawford Warren |
Subdivision Type4: | City |
Subdivision Name4: | Titusville |
Length: | 13.8miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Oil Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 151.2cuft/s at mouth with Oil Creek[2] |
Source1: | divide between Caldwell Creek and Tidioute Creek |
Source1 Location: | near Excelsior Corners, Pennsylvania |
Source1 Coordinates: | 41.715°N -79.5156°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1670feet[4] |
Mouth: | southeast of Titusville, Pennsylvania |
Mouth Location: | Titusville, Pennsylvania |
Mouth Coordinates: | 41.6181°N -79.6528°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1150feet |
Progression: | Oil Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Allegheny River (Oil Creek) |
Basin Population: | 1,234 (2010) |
Tributaries Left: | Gilson Run Golby Run |
Tributaries Right: | Campbell Creek Dunham Run Caldwell Creek Henderson Run |
Bridges: | Enterprise Road (PA 27), Duncan Road |
Pine Creek is a 13.8-mile (22.1 km)[5] long tributary to Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Most of Pine Creek and its tributaries are classed as Exceptional Value (EV) or High-quality-Cold Water Fishery (HQ-CWF). Only the lowest part of Pine Creek near Oil Creek is classed as a cold-water fishery.[6]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[3]
Pine Creek rises on the Caldwell and Tidioute Creek divide near Excelsior Corners, Pennsylvania in Warren County. Pine Creek then flows southwest to meet Oil Creek just southeast of Titusville in Crawford County.[4]
Pine Creek drains of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 426.68, and has an average water temperature of 7.35 °C.[2] The watershed is 79% forested.[2]