Pithole Creek is a 17.1-mile (27.5 km) tributary of the Allegheny River in Northwest Pennsylvania in the United States.[4] It has a drainage area of 41.8 square miles (108 km2).

Pithole Creek
Tributary to Allegheny River
Pithole Creek at the Pithole Stone Arch Bridge
Pithole Creek is located in Pennsylvania
Pithole Creek
Location of the mouth of Pithole Creek in Pennsylvania
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountiesForest, Venango
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationStewart Run, Forest County, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates41°37′20″N 79°29′38″W / 41.62222°N 79.49389°W / 41.62222; -79.49389[1]
 • elevation1,720 ft (520 m)[2]
MouthAllegheny River
 • location
Oleopolis, Venango County, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates
41°27′23″N 79°36′35″W / 41.45639°N 79.60972°W / 41.45639; -79.60972[1]
 • elevation
1,010 ft (310 m)[2]
Length17.1 mi (27.5 km)[2]
Basin size41.8 sq mi (108 km2)[2]
Discharge 
 • locationAllegheny River
 • average74.06 cu ft/s (2.097 m3/s) at mouth with Allegheny River[3]
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftSimmons Run
 • rightWoodcock Run
Schoolhouse Run
W Pithole Creek
Allender Run

Pithole Creek joins the Allegheny River approximately 0.5 miles (0.80 km) upstream of Oleopolis.[4]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Pithole Creek". Geographic Names Information System. August 2, 1979. Retrieved February 13, 2009.
  2. ^ a b c d Shaw, L. C.; W. F. Busch (June 1984). Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams, Part II. Water Resources Bulletin. Vol. 16. Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Forest and Waters.
  3. ^ "Pithole Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
  4. ^ a b Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6