Tionesta Creek Explained

Tionesta Creek
Map Size:300
Pushpin Map:USA Pennsylvania
Pushpin Map Size:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of the mouth of Tionesta Creek in Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type3:Counties
Subdivision Name3:Warren, McKean, Elk, Clarion, Forest
Length:61.9miles
Discharge1 Location:Tionesta Creek Dam
Discharge1 Avg:906cuft/s[1]
Source1 Location:Sheffield, Warren County, Pennsylvania
Source1 Coordinates:41.6767°N -79.0344°W
Source1 Elevation:1925feet[2]
Mouth:Allegheny River
Mouth Location:Tionesta, Forest County, Pennsylvania
Mouth Coordinates:41.4875°N -79.4567°W[3]
Mouth Elevation:1046feet
Progression:Allegheny RiverOhio RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River System:Allegheny River
Basin Size:480sqmi
Tributaries Left:Mead Run, Thad Shanty Run, Watsontown Run, Rocky Run, Hastings Run, Wildcat Run, Blood Run, Logan Run, Phelps Run, Panther Run, Salmon Creek, Carpenter Run, Lamentation Run, Bear Creek, Little Coon Creek, Coon Creek, Piney Run, Johns Run
Tributaries Right:Rock Run, Duck Eddy Run, Pell Run, Messenger Run, Bush Creek, Martin Run, Reagan Run, Upper Sheriff Run, Fools Creek, Minister Run, Porcupine Run, Bobbs Creek, Little Minister Creek, Fork Run, Church Run, Ross Run, Jakes Run, Jug Handle Run, Sugar Run, Little Piney Run, Peters Run

Tionesta Creek is a tributary of the Allegheny River in Forest, Clarion, Warren, McKean, and Elk Counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. Together with its West Branch, Tionesta Creek is 61.9miles long, flows generally south, and its watershed is 480sqmi in area.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: USGS Surface Water data for Pennsylvania: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics.
  2. Book: Shaw, L. C. . W. F. Busch . . Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams, Part II . Pennsylvania Department of Forest and Waters . . June 1984 . Water Resources Bulletin . 16 . 267 . 17150333 .
  3. Web site: Tionesta Creek . 2008 . . 2008-08-14 .