South Branch Slippery Rock Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Slippery Rock Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of South Branch Slippery Rock Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States of America |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Butler |
Subdivision Type4: | Townships |
Subdivision Name4: | Cherry Concord Washington |
Length: | 13.89miles[1] |
Discharge1 Avg: | 55.78cuft/s at mouth with Slippery Rock Creek[2] |
Source1: | divide between South Branch Slippery Rock Creek and Allegheny River (Bear Creek) |
Source1 Location: | about 0.5 miles east of Hooker, Pennsylvania |
Source1 Coordinates: | 40.9994°N -79.8161°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1320feet[4] |
Mouth: | Slippery Rock Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 1 mile south of Bovard, Pennsylvania |
Mouth Coordinates: | 41.0592°N -79.9797°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1165feet |
Progression: | Slippery Rock Creek → Connoquenessing Creek → Beaver River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Beaver River |
Tributaries Left: | Findlay Run |
Tributaries Right: | Christy Run |
Waterbodies: | Glade Dam Lake |
Bridges: | Kuhn Road, Oneida Valley Road, Manuel Road, N Washington Road, Calico Road, W Sunbury Road, Grubb Road, Chambers Road, Coaltown Road, Saniga Road |
South Branch Slippery Rock Creek is a main tributary of Slippery Rock Creek in western Pennsylvania. The stream rises in northwestern Butler County and flows northwest entering Slippery Rock Creek near Bovard, Pennsylvania. The watershed is roughly 25% agricultural, 67% forested and the rest is other uses.[2]