Fox Creek is a 24.8-mile-long (39.9 km)[2] tributary of Schoharie Creek in Schoharie and Albany counties in the U.S. state of New York. It rises in the southeastern part of the town of Berne, west of the Helderberg Mountains, and flows west, passing through the hamlets of East Berne, Bensons Corner, Berne, and West Berne, continuing through the town of Wright, where it passes the hamlets of Gallupville and Shutter Corners before entering the town of Schoharie, where it flows into Schoharie Creek near the hamlet of Vroman Corners. Fox Creek is part of the Hudson River watershed, Via Schoharie Creek and the Mohawk River.
| Fox Creek | |
|---|---|
 Schoharie Bridge over Fox Creek on March 11, 2008 | |
  Location of the mouth within New York  Fox Creek (Schoharie Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Region | Capital |
| Counties | Albany, Schoharie |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Berne |
| • coordinates | 42°35′00″N 74°02′27″W / 42.5834112°N 74.0409636°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,420 ft (430 m) |
| Mouth | Schoharie Creek |
• location | Schoharie |
• coordinates | 42°41′17″N 74°18′30″W / 42.6881309°N 74.3084665°W[1] |
• elevation | 581 ft (177 m)[1] |
| Length | 24.8 mi (39.9 km)[1] |
| Basin features | |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Switz Kill |
| • right | Beaverdam Creek, Ox Kill, King Creek, Louse Kill |
Near its mouth it is crossed by the Schoharie Bridge, a covered bridge near the Old Stone Fort, an American Revolutionary War-era structure.
Hydrology
editThe United States Geological Survey (USGS) maintains stream gauges along Fox Creek. The station on Drebitko Road, 2.9 miles (4.7 km) northeast of Schoharie has been recording daily measurements since 2017. It had a maximum discharge of 7,840 cubic feet (222 m3) per second on April 4, 1987, which is outside the period of record and therefore estimated and a minimum discharge of 2.3 cubic feet (0.065 m3) per second on July 16–17, 2018.[3]
Tributaries
editLouse Kill converges with Fox Creek near Schoharie, New York.[4] Ox Kill converges with Fox Creek near Gallupville, New York.[5] King Creek converges with Fox Creek in Gallupville, New York.[6]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d "Fox Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved August 29, 2021.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed October 3, 2011
- ^ "USGS 01351200 FOX CREEK NEAR SCHOHARIE NY". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
- ^ "Louse Kill". usgs.gov. usgs. 1995. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "Ox Kill". usgs.gov. usgs. 1995. Retrieved 23 April 2017.
- ^ "King Creek". usgs.gov. usgs. 1995. Retrieved 23 April 2017.