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Blacks Creek (Slippery Rock Creek tributary)

Coordinates: 41°06′41″N 79°54′56″W / 41.11139°N 79.91556°W / 41.11139; -79.91556
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Blacks Creek
Tributary to Slippery Rock Creek
Blacks Creek (Slippery Rock Creek tributary) is located in Pennsylvania
Blacks Creek (Slippery Rock Creek tributary)
Location of Blacks Creek mouth
Blacks Creek (Slippery Rock Creek tributary) is located in the United States
Blacks Creek (Slippery Rock Creek tributary)
Blacks Creek (Slippery Rock Creek tributary) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States of America
StatePennsylvania
CountyButler
Venango
TownshipsMarion (Butler)
Irwin (Venango)
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Blacks Creek and Scrubgrass Creek
 • locationabout 2 miles south of Nectarine, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates41°10′33″N 79°55′17″W / 41.17583°N 79.92139°W / 41.17583; -79.92139[1]
 • elevation1,420 ft (430 m)[2]
MouthSlippery Rock Creek
 • location
about 0.25 miles west of Boyers, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates
41°06′41″N 79°54′56″W / 41.11139°N 79.91556°W / 41.11139; -79.91556[1]
 • elevation
1,190 ft (360 m)[2]
Length4.8 mi (7.7 km)[3]
Basin size8.75 square miles (22.7 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • average13.42 cu ft/s (0.380 m3/s) at mouth with Slippery Rock Creek[4]
Basin features
ProgressionSlippery Rock CreekConnoquenessing CreekBeaver RiverOhio RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
River systemBeaver River
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesCounty Line Road, Porter Road, Creek Bottom Road, Eau Claire Road

Blacks Creek is a small tributary of Slippery Rock Creek in western Pennsylvania. The stream rises in southeastern Venango County and flows south entering Slippery Rock Creek near Boyers, Pennsylvania. The watershed is roughly 31% agricultural, 62% forested and the rest is other uses.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Blacks Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  2. ^ a b "North Branch Slippery Rock Creek Topo Map, Butler County PA (West Sunbury Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Blacks Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 August 2019.