Allegheny Creek
Allegheny Creek is an 11.3-mile-long (18.2 km)[6] tributary of the Schuylkill River in Berks County, Pennsylvania in the United States.
| Allegheny Creek Tributary to Schuykill River | |
|---|---|
.jpg.webp) Allegheny Creek at Allegheny Aqueduct in Gibraltar, Pennsylvania. | |
  Location of Allegheny Creek mouth  Allegheny Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Berks |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Muddy Creek divide |
| • location | about 1.5 miles south of Alleghenyville, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 40°14′21″N 075°59′32″W[1] |
| • elevation | 640 ft (200 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Schuylkill River |
• location | Gibraltar, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°17′20″N 075°52′31″W[1] |
• elevation | 154 ft (47 m)[3] |
| Length | 10.84 mi (17.45 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 17.85 square miles (46.2 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Schuylkill River |
| • average | 27.25 cu ft/s (0.772 m3/s) at mouth with Allegheny Creek[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Schuylkill River → Delaware River → Delaware Bay → → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Schuylkill River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | Sleepy Hollow Run |
| Waterbodies | Green Hills Lake |
| Bridges | PA 568, Horning Road, Maple Grove Road, Gebhart School Road, Hartz Store Road, Gunhart Road, I-76, PA 10, Seton Road, PA 568, Evergreen Road, Everts Lane, Tumbleweed Way, White Bear Way, Green Hills Road, Old River Way |
Allegheny Creek joins the Schuylkill River at the village of Gibraltar.
It is crossed by the Allegheny Aqueduct, built as part of the Schuylkill Canal in 1824.
See also
References
- "GNIS Detail - Allegheny Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- "Allegheny Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed April 1, 2011
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