| Wolf Creek Tributary to Slippery Rock Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Wolf Creek mouth  Wolf Creek (Slippery Rock Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| Counties | Butler Mercer |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Pine Swamp at the divide between Neshannock Creek, Slippery Rock Creek, and French Creek |
| • location | Filers Corners, Pennsylvania[1] |
| • coordinates | 41°17′43″N 080°05′12″W / 41.29528°N 80.08667°W[2] |
| • elevation | 1,360 ft (410 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Slippery Rock Creek |
• location | Moores Corners, Pennsylvania[1] |
• coordinates | 41°02′28″N 080°06′06″W / 41.04111°N 80.10167°W[2] |
• elevation | 1,100 ft (340 m)[1] |
| Length | 24.74 mi (39.82 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 102.86 square miles (266.4 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Slippery Rock Creek |
| • average | 145.08 cu ft/s (4.108 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 | East Branch Swamp Run |
| • right | Yellow Creek Barmore Run Black Run |
| Bridges | Jackson Center-Polk Road (PA 965), Sandy Lake-Grove City Road, Creek Road, Kilgore Road, Millbrook Road, Creek Road, Scrubgrass Road, Montgomery Dam Road, E Gilmore Road, I-80, North Street, Lincoln Avenue, E Main Street, Airport Road, Courtney Mill Road, Forrester Road, Mercer Road, Miller Road, New Castle Road (PA 108) |
Wolf Creek is a 24.74 mi (39.82 km) long tributary to Slippery Rock Creek that rises from Pine Swamp in Mercer County and flows south to Butler County, Pennsylvania. Wolf Creek drains the Borough of Grove City, Pennsylvania.
See also
References
- 1 2 3 4 "Wolf Creek Topo Map, Butler County PA (Slippery Rock Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- 1 2 "GNIS Detail - Wolf Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- ↑ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
- 1 2 "Wolf Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 28 July 2019.
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