Little Sewickley Creek
Appearance
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Little Sewickley Creek Tributary to Sewickley Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Westmoreland |
Borough | Herminie Arona |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Brush Creek divide |
• location | about 0.5 miles east of Lincoln Heights, Pennsylvania[2] |
• coordinates | 40°18′41″N 079°36′14″W / 40.31139°N 79.60389°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,260 ft (380 m)[2] |
Mouth | Sewickley Creek |
• location | Cowansburg, Pennsylvania[3] |
• coordinates | 40°15′02″N 079°45′37″W / 40.25056°N 79.76028°W[1] |
• elevation | 758 ft (231 m)[3] |
Length | 13.42 mi (21.60 km)[4] |
Basin size | 30.79 square miles (79.7 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Sewickley Creek |
• average | 36.61 cu ft/s (1.037 m3/s) at mouth with Sewickley Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Sewickley Creek → Youghiogheny River → Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | Monongahela River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | Andrews Run |
Bridges | Walton Tea Room Road, PA 66, Marwood Forest Road, Walton Tea Room Road, Baughman Hollow Road, PA 66, PA 136, Whigham Road, Kocevar Lane, Rocky Mountain Road, Arona Road, I-76, Ladysmith Road, PA 136, Lash Road, Keystone Road, High Street, Clay Pike, Greenhills Road, Lowber Road (x3) |
Little Sewickley Creek is a 13.42 mi (21.60 km) long 3rd order tributary to Sewickley Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Course
[edit]Little Sewickley Creek rises about 0.5 miles east of Lincoln Heights, Pennsylvania,[2] and then flows west to join Sewickley Creek at Cowansburg, Pennsylvania.[3]
Watershed
[edit]Little Seiwckley Creek drains 30.79 square miles (79.7 km2) of area, receives about 40.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 343.54, and is about 49% forested.[5]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Little Sewickley Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
- ^ a b c "Little Sewickley Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved November 18, 2020.