Kinzua Creek | |
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Etymology | Tgëdzó:a’ (tgenh-joh-wawh!), Seneca meaning "fish speared there" [1] |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | McKean |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Cyclone, McKean County, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°50′8″N 78°35′13″W / 41.83556°N 78.58694°W [1] |
• elevation | 2,220 ft (680 m) [2] |
Mouth | Allegheny River |
• location | Allegheny Reservoir, McKean County, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°51′29″N 78°57′13″W / 41.85806°N 78.95361°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,328 ft (405 m) [2] |
Length | 26.5 mi (42.6 km) [2] |
Basin size | 86 sq mi (220 km2) [2] |
Kinzua Creek /ˈkɪnzuː/ is a 26.5-mile (42.6 km) tributary of the Allegheny River that is located in McKean County, Pennsylvania in the United States. [3]
The upper reaches of the creek pass through Kinzua Bridge State Park, where the creek was spanned by the Kinzua Viaduct until a tornado destroyed the viaduct in 2003. [3]
Kinzua Creek, named for a settlement of the Seneca people [2], joins the Allegheny Reservoir 10 miles (16 km) upstream of the city of Warren, a few miles upstream of the Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River. [3] The location is also the former location of Kinzua, an unincorporated community that was wiped out as a result of the construction of the Kinzua Dam; it previously formed the boundary between Kinzua and (West) Corydon before both communities were dissolved in the 1960s.