Tenmile Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Monongahela River |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Tenmile Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States of America |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Greene Washington |
Length: | 35.15miles[1] |
Discharge1 Avg: | 379.77cuft/s at mouth with Monongahela River[2] |
Source1: | divide between Tenmile Creek and Chartiers Creek |
Source1 Location: | about 2 miles west of Lagonda, Pennsylvania |
Source1 Coordinates: | 40.1169°N -80.3236°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1290feet[4] |
Mouth: | Monongahela River |
Mouth Location: | Millsboro, Pennsylvania |
Mouth Coordinates: | 39.9844°N -79.9992°W[5] |
Mouth Elevation: | 763feet[6] |
Progression: | southeast |
River System: | Monongahela River |
Basin Size: | [7] |
Tributaries Left: | Bane Creek Montgomery Run Smith Run Little Tenmile Creek Horn Run Daniels Run Plum Run Black Hollow |
Tributaries Right: | Crafts Creek Short Creek Hufford Run Patterson Run Barrs Run South Fork Tenmile Creek |
Tenmile Creek is a stream in Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, USA. It is a tributary of the Monongahela River.
Tenmile Creek was so named on account of frequent branches, occurring about every .[8] The creek's name is sometimes spelled Ten Mile Creek or Ten-Mile Creek.[3]
The major tributary of Tenmile Creek is South Fork Tenmile Creek, which rises in western Greene County and flows generally east entering Tenmile Creek at Clarksville, Pennsylvania. The watershed is roughly 24% agricultural, 68% forested and the rest is other uses.[9]
South Fork Tenmile Creek has a number of smaller tributaries, including Grimes Run on the left, which rises in central Greene County and flows southeast entering South Fork Tenmile Creek northeast of Morrisville, Pennsylvania. The watershed is roughly 15% agricultural, 74% forested and the rest is other uses.[10]