Little Brokenstraw Creek
| Little Brokenstraw Creek Tributary to Brokenstraw Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Little Brokenstraw Creek mouth  Little Brokenstraw Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| States | Pennsylvania New York |
| County | Warren Chautauqua |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | confluence of Little Brokenstraw Creek and French Creek |
| • location | about 3 miles south-southeast of Pittsfield, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 42°05′52″N 079°32′04″W / 42.09778°N 79.53444°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,750 ft (530 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Brokenstraw Creek |
• location | Pittsfield, Pennsylvania[2] |
• coordinates | 41°49′59″N 079°23′03″W / 41.83306°N 79.38417°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,234 ft (376 m)[1] |
| Length | 27.56 mi (44.35 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 79.45 square miles (205.8 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Brokenstraw Creek |
| • average | 142.89 cu ft/s (4.046 m3/s) at mouth with Brokenstraw Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Brokenstraw Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Allegheny River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | East Branch Little Brokenstraw Creek Deer Creek Stony Creek Page Hollow |
| • right | Deadmans Run Miles Run Taylor Run Barton Run |
| Bridges | Wiltsie Road, West Main Street, South Street, Panama Bear Lake Road (x2), Dole Swamp Road, North Road, Valastaik Road, PA 957, Kidder Road, Bull Hill Road, PA 958, Nelson Hill Road, US 6, Muzzle Loaders Lane, Barton Road, PA 27 |
Little Brokenstraw Creek is a 27.56 mi (44.35 km) long 3rd order tributary to Brokenstraw Creek.[3] Little Brokenstraw Creek and its tributaries are classed as a cold water fisheries by the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission.[5]
Variant names
[edit]According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]
- Cosh-not-e-a-go
- Little Brocken Straw Creek
- Little Broken Straw Creek
Course
[edit]Little Brokenstraw Creek rises on the French Creek divide about 2 miles northeast of Wickwire Corners, New York. It then flows southeast into Pennsylvania to meet Brokenstraw Creek at Pittsfield, Pennsylvania.
Watershed
[edit]Little Brokenstraw Creek drains 79.45 square miles (205.8 km2) of primarily the Venango Formation.[6] The watershed receives an average of 43.1 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 444.38.[4] The watershed is about 61% forested.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "GNIS Detail - Little Brokenstraw Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ a b "Little Brokenstraw Creek Topo Map, Warren County PA (Pittsfield Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Little Brokenstraw Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
- ^ "Brokenstraw Watershed Conservation Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania DCNR. Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
- ^ "Mineral Resources Online Spatial Data: Geologic maps". mrdata.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 September 2019.