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 Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf 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.
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]
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]