Sugar Creek is a 22.66 mi (36.47 km) long 4th order tributary to French Creek in Venango County, Pennsylvania that rises in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
| Sugar Creek Tributary to French Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Sugar Creek mouth  Sugar Creek (French Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Crawford Venango |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Sugar Creek and Muddy Creek |
| • location | about 0.5 miles south of Altenburg Corners, Pennsylvania[2] |
| • coordinates | 41°40′08″N 079°51′20″W / 41.66889°N 79.85556°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,560 ft (480 m)[2] |
| Mouth | French Creek |
• location | Sugar Creek, Pennsylvania[2] |
• coordinates | 41°25′04″N 079°52′34″W / 41.41778°N 79.87611°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,000 ft (300 m)[2] |
| Length | 22.66 mi (36.47 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 167.8 square miles (435 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | French Creek |
| • average | 278.85 cu ft/s (7.896 m3/s) at mouth with French Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | French Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Allegheny River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Dry Run East Branch Sugar Creek Wolf Run Lick Run |
| • right | West Branch Lake Creek Beatty Run Foster Run Warden Run |
Course
editSugar Creek rises on the Muddy Creek divide about 0.5 miles south of Altenburg Corners, Pennsylvania in Crawford County. Sugar Creek then flows south to meet French Creek at Sugar Creek, Pennsylvania in Venango County.[2]
Watershed
editSugar Creek drains 167.8 square miles (435 km2) of area, receives about 44.7 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 450.73, and has an average water temperature of 7.88 °C.[4] The watershed is 67% forested.[4]
See also
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Watershed of Sugar Creek (French Creek tributary)
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References
edit- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Sugar Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Sugar Creek Topo Map, Venango County PA (Utica Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 29 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Sugar Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 29 July 2019.