Pithole Creek

Pithole Creek
Stream
Pithole Creek at the Pithole Stone Arch Bridge
Country United States
State Pennsylvania
Counties Forest
Source
 - location Stewart Run, Forest County, Pennsylvania
 - elevation 1,720 ft (524 m) [1]
 - coordinates 41°37′20″N 79°29′38″W / 41.62222°N 79.49389°W [2]
Mouth Allegheny River
 - location Oleopolis, Venango County, Pennsylvania
 - elevation 1,010 ft (308 m) [1]
 - coordinates 41°27′23″N 79°36′35″W / 41.45639°N 79.60972°WCoordinates: 41°27′23″N 79°36′35″W / 41.45639°N 79.60972°W [2]
Length 17.1 mi (28 km) [1]
Basin 41.8 sq mi (108 km2) [1]
Location of the mouth of Pithole Creek in Pennsylvania

Pithole Creek is a 17.1-mile (27.5 km) tributary of the Allegheny River in Northwest Pennsylvania in the United States.[3] It has a drainage area of 41.8 square miles (108 km2).

Pithole Creek joins the Allegheny River approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) upstream of Oleopolis.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Shaw, L. C.; W. F. Busch (June 1984). Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams, Part II. Water Resources Bulletin 16. Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Forest and Waters.
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Pithole Creek". Geographic Names Information System. August 2, 1979. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6