Tunungwant Creek Explained

Tunungwant Creek
Name Other:Tributary to Allegheny River
Pushpin Map:New York#USA
Pushpin Map Caption:Location of Tunungwant Creek mouth
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:United States
Subdivision Type2:State
Subdivision Name2:New York
Pennsylvania
Subdivision Type3:Counties
Subdivision Name3:Cattaraugus
McKean
Subdivision Type4:City
Subdivision Name4:Bradford (PA)
Length:12.78miles[1]
Discharge1 Location:Allegheny River
Discharge1 Avg:315.95cuft/s at mouth with Allegheny River[2]
Source1:confluence of East and West Branch Tunungwant Creek
Source1 Location:Bradford, Pennsylvania
Source1 Coordinates:41.9581°N -78.6414°W[3]
Source1 Elevation:1421feet
Mouth:Allegheny River
Mouth Location:about 5 miles southeast of Salamanca, New York
Mouth Coordinates:42.0837°N -78.65°W
Mouth Elevation:1335feet
Progression:Allegheny RiverOhio RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River System:Allegheny River
Tributaries Left:West Branch Tunungwant Creek
Bolivar Run
Latchaw Creek
Limestone Brook
Rice Brook
Tributaries Right:East Branch Tunungwant Creek
Kendall Creek
Foster Brook
Stateline Brook
Nichols Run
Leonard Brook
Bailley Brook
Bridges:Mill Street, North Kendall Avenue (PA 46), PA 346, US 219, Tuna Cross Road, Bailey Drive, Irvine Mills Drive

Tunungwant Creek is a 12.78miles long fifth-order tributary to the Allegheny River.[1] This is the only stream of this name in the United States. According to a 1792 Reading Howell map of Pennsylvania, the stream was known as Ischunuangwandt. Today, it is locally known as 'The Tuna'.[3]

Course

Tunungwant Creek forms at the confluence of East and West Branch Tunungwant Creek in McKean County, Pennsylvania in Bradford and then flows north to meet the Allegheny River about southeast of Salamanca, New York.

Watershed

Tunungwant Creek drains of area, receives about and is about 83.58% forested.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: ArcGIS Web Application . epa.maps.arcgis.com . US EPA . January 8, 2023.
  2. Web site: Watershed Report Office of Water US EPA . watersgeo.epa.gov . US EPA . January 8, 2023 . en.
  3. Web site: Geographic Names Information System . edits.nationalmap.gov . US Geological Survey . January 8, 2023.