Spring Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Brokenstraw Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of Spring Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Warren |
Length: | 10.69miles[1] |
Discharge1 Location: | Brokenstraw Creek |
Discharge1 Avg: | 73.06cuft/s at mouth with Brokenstraw Creek[2] |
Source1: | divide between Spring Creek and East Branch Oil Creek |
Source1 Location: | about 2 miles southwest of East Branch, Pennsylvania |
Source1 Coordinates: | 41.7792°N -79.5917°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1670feet[4] |
Mouth: | Brokenstraw Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles south of Spring Creek, Pennsylvania |
Mouth Coordinates: | 41.8631°N -79.515°W |
Mouth Elevation: | 1358feet |
Progression: | Brokenstraw Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Allegheny River |
Tributaries Left: | Coolspring Creek Whitney Run Ferrin Run |
Tributaries Right: | East Branch Spring Creek Cobbs Run |
Bridges: | State Lot Road, Hyde Road, Knapp Road, Oil Creek Road, Jackson Hill Road |
Spring Creek is a 10.69miles long 3rd order tributary to Brokenstraw Creek.[1] It is classed as a High-quality cold-water fishery by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.[5]
Spring Creek rises on the divide between it and East Branch Oil Creek in Warren County, Pennsylvania about 2 miles southwest of East Branch, Pennsylvania and flows northeast to meet Brokenstraw Creek south of Spring Creek, Pennsylvania.
Spring Creek drains of the Pennsylvania High Plateau province and the northwestern glaciated plateau and is underlaid by the Venango Formation.[6] The watershed receives an average of 44.4 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 437.71.[2] The watershed is about 64% forested.