Fox Creek (Schoharie Creek tributary)

Fox Creek is a 24.8-mile-long (39.9 km)[2] tributary of Schoharie Creek in Schoharie and Albany counties in the U.S. state of New York. It rises in the southeastern part of the town of Berne, west of the Helderberg Mountains, and flows west, passing through the hamlets of East Berne, Bensons Corner, Berne, and West Berne, continuing through the town of Wright, where it passes the hamlets of Gallupville and Shutter Corners before entering the town of Schoharie, where it flows into Schoharie Creek near the hamlet of Vroman Corners. Fox Creek is part of the Hudson River watershed, Via Schoharie Creek and the Mohawk River.

Fox Creek [1]
Location
CountryUnited States
StateNew York
CountiesAlbany, Schoharie
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBerne, New York
 • coordinates42°34′34″N 74°02′28″W
 • elevation1,420 ft (430 m)
MouthSchoharie Creek
 • location
Schoharie, New York
 • coordinates
42°41′18″N 74°18′33″W
 • elevation
580 ft (180 m)
Length24.8 mi (39.9 km)
Basin features
Tributaries 
 • leftSwitz Kill
 • rightBeaverdam Creek, Ox Kill,
King Creek, Louse Kill

Near its mouth it is crossed by the Schoharie Bridge, a covered bridge near the Old Stone Fort, an American Revolutionary War-era structure.

Hydrology

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) maintains stream gauges along East Kill. The station on Drebitko Road, 2.9 miles (4.7 km) northeast of Schoharie has been recording daily measurements since 2017. It had a maximum discharge of 7,840 cubic feet (222 m3) per second on April 4, 1987, which is outside the period of record and therefore estimated and a minimum discharge of 2.3 cubic feet (0.065 m3) per second on July 16–17, 2018.[3]

See also

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Fox Creek
  2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-04-05 at WebCite, accessed October 3, 2011
  3. "USGS 01351200 FOX CREEK NEAR SCHOHARIE NY". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
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