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Fivemile Creek (East Branch Oil Creek tributary)

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Fivemile Creek
Tributary to East Branch Oil Creek
Location of Fivemile Creek mouth
Location of Fivemile Creek mouth
Location of Fivemile Creek mouth
Location of Fivemile Creek mouth
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyCrawford
TownshipRome
Sparta
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Fivemile Creek and Shirley Run
 • locationabout 2 miles east-northeast of Buell Corners, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates41°45′55″N 079°37′48″W / 41.76528°N 79.63000°W / 41.76528; -79.63000[1]
 • elevation1,680 ft (510 m)[2]
MouthEast Branch Oil Creek
 • location
about 3 miles northeast of Centerville, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates
41°47′03″N 079°41′15″W / 41.78417°N 79.68750°W / 41.78417; -79.68750[1]
 • elevation
1,348 ft (411 m)[2]
Length4.87 mi (7.84 km)[3]
Basin size10.75 square miles (27.8 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationEast Branch Oil Creek
 • average20.86 cu ft/s (0.591 m3/s) at mouth with East Branch Oil Creek[4]
Basin features
ProgressionEast Branch Oil Creek → Oil Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River systemAllegheny River (Oil Creek)
Tributaries 
 • leftunnamed tributaries
 • rightunnamed tributaries
BridgesHatchtown Road, PA 89

Fivemile Creek is a 4.87 mi (7.84 km)[5] long tributary to East Branch Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Course

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Fivemile Creek rises on the Shirley Run divide about 2 miles east-northeast of Buell Corners, Pennsylvania. Fivemile Creek then flows north and then west through Fish Flats and the Erie Drift Plain to East Branch Oil Creek.

Watershed

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Fivemile Creek drains 10.75 square miles (27.8 km2) of area, receives about 45.7 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 453.06 and is about 62% forested.[4]

References

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  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Fivemile Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  2. ^ a b "East Branch Oil Creek Topo Map, Crawford County PA (Centerville Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
  4. ^ a b c "Fivemile Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
  5. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 15 June 2019.

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Course of Fivemile Creek (East Branch Oil Creek tributary)
Watershed of Fivemile Creek (East Branch Oil Creek tributary)
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