Spencer Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to South Branch French Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Spencer Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Erie |
Length: | 3.68miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | South Branch French Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 7.24cuft/s at mouth with South Branch French Creek[2] |
Source1: | divide between Spencer Creek and Hare Creek (Brokenstraw Creek) |
Source1 Location: | About 0.5 miles south of Five Points, Pennsylvania[3] |
Source1 Coordinates: | 41.9689°N -79.6892°W[4] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1820feet |
Mouth: | South Branch French Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 1.5 miles west of Corry, Pennsylvania |
Mouth Coordinates: | 41.9192°N -79.6833°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1371feet |
Progression: | South Branch French Creek → French Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Allegheny River |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Carter Hill Road, Turnpike Road, US 6, Conelway Road |
Spencer Creek is a 3.68miles long tributary to South Branch French Creek in Erie County, Pennsylvania and is classed as a 1st order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.[2]
Spencer Creek rises in Wayne Township of Erie County, Pennsylvania then flows south to meet South Branch French Creek west of Corry, Pennsylvania.
Spencer Creek drains of Erie Drift Plain (glacial geology). The watershed receives an average of 47.5 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 416.89.[2]