| East Branch Sugar Creek Tributary to Sugar Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of East Branch Sugar Creek mouth  East Branch Sugar Creek (Sugar Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Venango |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Twomile Run divide |
| • location | about 0.25 miles east of Dempseytown, Pennsylvania[1] |
| • coordinates | 41°31′49″N 079°45′04″W / 41.53028°N 79.75111°W[2] |
| • elevation | 1,500 ft (460 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Sugar Creek |
• location | Cooperstown, Pennsylvania[1] |
• coordinates | 41°30′13″N 079°51′46″W / 41.50361°N 79.86278°W[2] |
• elevation | 1,132 ft (345 m)[2] |
| Length | 7.21 mi (11.60 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 49.17 square miles (127.3 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Sugar Creek |
| • average | 88.35 cu ft/s (2.502 m3/s) at mouth with Sugar Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | generally west |
| River system | Allegheny River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | Little Sugar Creek |
East Branch Sugar Creek is a 7.21 mi (11.60 km) long 3rd order tributary to Sugar Creek in Venango County, Pennsylvania.
Course
East Branch Sugar Creek rises on the Twomile Run divide about 0.25 miles east of Dempseytown in Venango County, Pennsylvania. East Branch Sugar Creek then flows westerly to meet Sugar Creek at Cooperstown, Pennsylvania.[1]
Watershed
East Branch Sugar Creek drains 49.17 square miles (127.3 km2) of area, receives about 44.8 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 451.28, and has an average water temperature of 7.81 °C.[4] The watershed is 66% forested.[4]
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 "East Branch Sugar Creek Topo Map, Venango County PA (Dempseytown Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- 1 2 3 "GNIS Detail - East Branch Sugar Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
- 1 2 3 4 "East Branch Sugar Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 27 December 2019.
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Course of East Branch Sugar Creek (Sugar Creek tributary) in Venango County, Pennsylvania
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Watershed of East Branch Sugar Creek (Sugar Creek tributary) in Venango County, Pennsylvania
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