Sugar Creek (French Creek tributary) explained

Sugar Creek
Name Other:Tributary to French Creek
Map Size:300
Pushpin Map:Pennsylvania#USA
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Sugar Creek mouth
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type3:Counties
Subdivision Name3:Crawford
Venango
Length:22.66miles[1]
Discharge1 Location:French Creek
Discharge1 Avg:278.85cuft/s at mouth with French Creek[2]
Source1:divide between Sugar Creek and Muddy Creek
Source1 Location:about 0.5 miles south of Altenburg Corners, Pennsylvania[3]
Source1 Coordinates:41.6689°N -79.8556°W[4]
Source1 Elevation:1560feet[5]
Mouth:French Creek
Mouth Location:Sugar Creek, Pennsylvania[6]
Mouth Coordinates:41.4178°N -79.8761°W[7]
Mouth Elevation:1000feet[8]
Progression:French CreekAllegheny RiverOhio RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River System:Allegheny River
Basin Size:[9]
Tributaries Left:Dry Run
East Branch Sugar Creek
Wolf Run
Lick Run
Tributaries Right:West Branch
Lake Creek
Beatty Run
Foster Run
Warden Run

Sugar Creek is a 22.66miles long 4th order tributary to French Creek in Venango County, Pennsylvania that rises in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Course

Sugar Creek rises on the Muddy Creek divide about 0.5 miles south of Altenburg Corners, Pennsylvania in Crawford County. Sugar Creek then flows south to meet French Creek at Sugar Creek, Pennsylvania in Venango County.[3]

Watershed

Sugar Creek drains of area, receives about 44.7 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 450.73, and has an average water temperature of 7.88 °C.[2] The watershed is 67% forested.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS Web Application . epa.maps.arcgis.com . US EPA . 29 July 2019.
  2. Web site: Sugar Creek Watershed Report . Waters Geoviewer . US EPA . 29 July 2019.
  3. Web site: Sugar Creek Topo Map, Venango County PA (Utica Area) . TopoZone . Locality, LLC . 29 July 2019 . en.
  4. Web site: GNIS Detail - Sugar Creek . geonames.usgs.gov . US Geological Survey . 29 July 2019.
  5. Web site: Sugar Creek Topo Map, Venango County PA (Utica Area) . TopoZone . Locality, LLC . 29 July 2019 . en.
  6. Web site: Sugar Creek Topo Map, Venango County PA (Utica Area) . TopoZone . Locality, LLC . 29 July 2019 . en.
  7. Web site: GNIS Detail - Sugar Creek . geonames.usgs.gov . US Geological Survey . 29 July 2019.
  8. Web site: Sugar Creek Topo Map, Venango County PA (Utica Area) . TopoZone . Locality, LLC . 29 July 2019 . en.
  9. Web site: Sugar Creek Watershed Report . Waters Geoviewer . US EPA . 29 July 2019.