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| North Branch Slippery Rock Creek Tributary to Slippery Rock Creek | |
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  Location of North Branch Slippery Rock Creek mouth  North Branch Slippery Rock Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Butler Venango |
| Townships | Marion (Butler) Irwin (Venango) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between North Branch Slippery Rock Creek and East Branch of Wolf Creek |
| • location | Barkeyville, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 41°11′53″N 79°58′57″W / 41.19806°N 79.98250°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,370 ft (420 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Slippery Rock Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles southwest of Atwells Crossing, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°05′53″N 79°55′49″W / 41.09806°N 79.93028°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,180 ft (360 m)[2] |
| Length | 8.97 mi (14.44 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 16.17 square miles (41.9 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 24.28 cu ft/s (0.688 m3/s) at mouth with Slippery Rock Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Slippery Rock Creek → Connoquenessing Creek → Beaver River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Beaver River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Stevenson Road, Barkeyville Road, Pittsburgh Road (PA 8), White Oak Road, Smith Road, Campground Road, Eau Claire Road, Watson Road, Boyers Road, Damatteis Road |
North Branch Slippery Rock Creek is a main tributary of Slippery Rock Creek in western Pennsylvania. The stream rises in southeastern Venango County and flows south-southwest entering Slippery Rock Creek near Atwells Crossing. The watershed is roughly 33% agricultural, 59% forested and the rest is other uses.[4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - North Branch Slippery Rock Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ a b "North Branch Slippery Rock Creek Topo Map, Butler County PA (West Sunbury Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "North Branch Slippery Rock Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
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