Fivemile Creek (East Branch Oil Creek tributary)
Fivemile Creek is a 4.87 mi (7.84 km)[5] long tributary to East Branch Oil Creek in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.
Fivemile Creek Tributary to East Branch Oil Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Crawford |
Township | Rome Sparta |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Fivemile Creek and Shirley Run |
• location | about 2 miles east-northeast of Buell Corners, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°45′55″N 079°37′48″W[1] |
• elevation | 1,680 ft (510 m)[2] |
Mouth | East Branch Oil Creek |
• location | about 3 miles northeast of Centerville, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°47′03″N 079°41′15″W[1] |
• elevation | 1,348 ft (411 m)[2] |
Length | 4.87 mi (7.84 km)[3] |
Basin size | 10.75 square miles (27.8 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | East Branch Oil Creek |
• average | 20.86 cu ft/s (0.591 m3/s) at mouth with East Branch Oil Creek[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | north then west |
River system | Allegheny River (Oil Creek) |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Hatchtown Road, PA 89 |
Course
Fivemile Creek rises on the Shirley Run divide about 2 miles east-northeast of Buell Corners, Pennsylvania. Fivemile Creek then flows north and then west through Fish Flats and the Erie Drift Plain to East Branch Oil Creek.
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Course of Fivemile Creek (East Branch Oil Creek tributary)
Watershed
Fivemile Creek drains 10.75 square miles (27.8 km2) of area, receives about 45.7 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 453.06 and is about 62% forested.[4]
![](../I/m/Watershed_of_Fivemile_Creek_(East_Branch_Oil_Creek).jpg)
Watershed of Fivemile Creek (East Branch Oil Creek tributary)
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References
- "GNIS Detail - Fivemile Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- "East Branch Oil Creek Topo Map, Crawford County PA (Centerville Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 October 2019.
- "Fivemile Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 15 June 2019.
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