South Branch Slippery Rock Creek is a main tributary of Slippery Rock Creek in western Pennsylvania. The stream rises in northwestern Butler County and flows northwest entering Slippery Rock Creek near Bovard, Pennsylvania. The watershed is roughly 25% agricultural, 67% forested and the rest is other uses.[4]
| South Branch Slippery Rock Creek Tributary to Slippery Rock Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of South Branch Slippery Rock Creek mouth  South Branch Slippery Rock Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States of America |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Butler |
| Townships | Cherry Concord Washington |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between South Branch Slippery Rock Creek and Allegheny River (Bear Creek) |
| • location | about 0.5 miles east of Hooker, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 40°59′58″N 79°48′58″W / 40.99944°N 79.81611°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,320 ft (400 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Slippery Rock Creek |
• location | about 1 mile south of Bovard, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°03′33″N 79°58′47″W / 41.05917°N 79.97972°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,165 ft (355 m)[2] |
| Length | 13.89 mi (22.35 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 39.49 square miles (102.3 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 55.78 cu ft/s (1.580 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 | Findlay Run |
| • right | Christy Run |
| Waterbodies | Glade Dam Lake |
| Bridges | Kuhn Road, Oneida Valley Road, Manuel Road, N Washington Road, Calico Road, W Sunbury Road, Grubb Road, Chambers Road, Coaltown Road, Saniga Road |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - South Branch Slippery Rock Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ a b "South 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 "South Branch Slippery Rock Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
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