North Branch Slippery Rock Creek Tributary to Slippery Rock Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States of America |
State | Pennsylvania |
County |
Butler Venango |
Townships |
Marion (Butler) Irwin (Venango) |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between North Branch Slippery Rock Creek and East Branch of Wolf Creek |
• location | Barkeyville, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°11′53″N 79°58′57″W / 41.19806°N 79.98250°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,370 ft (420 m) [2] |
Mouth | Slippery Rock Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles southwest of Atwells Crossing, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°05′53″N 79°55′49″W / 41.09806°N 79.93028°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,180 ft (360 m) [2] |
Length | 8.97 mi (14.44 km) [3] |
Basin size | 16.17 square miles (41.9 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• average | 24.28 cu ft/s (0.688 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 | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Stevenson Road, Barkeyville Road, Pittsburgh Road (PA 8), White Oak Road, Smith Road, Campground Road, Eau Claire Road, Watson Road, Boyers Road, Damatteis Road |
North Branch Slippery Rock Creek is a main tributary of Slippery Rock Creek in western Pennsylvania. The stream rises in southeastern Venango County and flows south-southwest entering Slippery Rock Creek near Atwells Crossing. The watershed is roughly 33% agricultural, 59% forested and the rest is other uses. [4]