West Creek (Pennsylvania)
Tributary in Pennsylvania, United States / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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West Creek is a tributary of Fishing Creek, in Columbia County and Sullivan County, in Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is 9.1 miles (14.6 km) long and flows through Davidson Township in Sullivan County and Jackson Township, Sugarloaf Township, Benton Township, and Benton in Columbia County.[1] The water temperature of the creek ranges from 0 °C (32 °F) to 25 °C (77 °F). The discharge ranges from nearly zero to ten cubic meters per second (0 to 353 cu ft/s). Rock formations in the watershed include the Trimmers Rock Formation, the Catskill Formation, and the Huntley Mountain Formation. The creek's watershed has an area of 16.6 square miles (43 km2), most of which is agricultural, forested, or urban land. A small number of dams, mills, and schoolhouses were built on West Creek in the 19th and early 20th century. West Creek has the highest level of biodiversity of any stream in the upper Fishing Creek watershed.
West Creek | |
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Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Huckleberry Mountain in Davidson Township, Sullivan County, Pennsylvania |
• elevation | between 1,780 and 1,800 feet (540 and 550 m) |
Mouth | |
• location | Fishing Creek in Benton Township, Columbia County, Pennsylvania |
• elevation | 735 ft (224 m) |
Length | 9.1 mi (14.6 km) |
Basin size | 17.2 sq mi (45 km2) |
Discharge | |
• average | typically less than 2 m3/s or 71 cu ft/s |
Basin features | |
Progression | Fishing Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay |
Tributaries | |
• right | York Hollow, Spencer Run |