Pithole Creek Explained

Pithole Creek
Name Other:Tributary to Allegheny River
Map Size:300
Pushpin Map:USA Pennsylvania
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of Pithole Creek in Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type3:Counties
Subdivision Name3:Forest, Venango
Length:17.1miles
Discharge1 Location:Allegheny River
Discharge1 Avg:74.06cuft/s at mouth with Allegheny River[1]
Source1 Location:Stewart Run, Forest County, Pennsylvania
Source1 Coordinates:41.6222°N -79.4939°W
Source1 Elevation:1720feet[2]
Mouth:Allegheny River
Mouth Location:Oleopolis, Venango County, Pennsylvania
Mouth Coordinates:41.4564°N -79.6097°W[3]
Mouth Elevation:1010feet
Basin Size:41.8sqmi
Tributaries Left:Simmons Run
Tributaries Right:Woodcock Run
Schoolhouse Run
W Pithole Creek
Allender Run

Pithole Creek is a 17.1miles tributary of the Allegheny River in Northwest Pennsylvania in the United States.[4] It has a drainage area of .

Pithole Creek joins the Allegheny River approximately upstream of Oleopolis.[4]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pithole Creek Watershed Report . US EPA Geoviewer . US EPA . 11 January 2021.
  2. Book: Shaw, L. C. . W. F. Busch . . Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams, Part II . Pennsylvania Department of Forest and Waters . . June 1984 . Water Resources Bulletin . 16.
  3. Web site: Pithole Creek . August 2, 1979 . . February 13, 2009 .
  4. Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004.