Little Sewickley Creek Tributary to Sewickley Creek | |
---|---|
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Westmoreland |
Borough |
Herminie Arona |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Brush Creek divide |
• location | about 0.5 miles east of Lincoln Heights, Pennsylvania [2] |
• coordinates | 40°18′41″N 079°36′14″W / 40.31139°N 79.60389°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,260 ft (380 m) [2] |
Mouth | Sewickley Creek |
• location | Cowansburg, Pennsylvania [3] |
• coordinates | 40°15′02″N 079°45′37″W / 40.25056°N 79.76028°W [1] |
• elevation | 758 ft (231 m) [3] |
Length | 13.42 mi (21.60 km) [4] |
Basin size | 30.79 square miles (79.7 km2) [5] |
Discharge | |
• location | Sewickley Creek |
• average | 36.61 cu ft/s (1.037 m3/s) at mouth with Sewickley Creek [5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Sewickley Creek → Youghiogheny River → Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | Monongahela River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | Andrews Run |
Bridges | Walton Tea Room Road, PA 66, Marwood Forest Road, Walton Tea Room Road, Baughman Hollow Road, PA 66, PA 136, Whigham Road, Kocevar Lane, Rocky Mountain Road, Arona Road, I-76, Ladysmith Road, PA 136, Lash Road, Keystone Road, High Street, Clay Pike, Greenhills Road, Lowber Road (x3) |
Little Sewickley Creek is a 13.42 mi (21.60 km) long 3rd order tributary to Sewickley Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Little Sewickley Creek rises about 0.5 miles east of Lincoln Heights, Pennsylvania, [2] and then flows west to join Sewickley Creek at Cowansburg, Pennsylvania. [3]
Little Seiwckley Creek drains 30.79 square miles (79.7 km2) of area, receives about 40.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 343.54, and is about 49% forested. [5]