Tenmile Creek (Pennsylvania)

Tenmile Creek is a stream in Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, USA.[5] It is a tributary of the Monongahela River.

Tenmile Creek Tributary to Monongahela River
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Location
Country	United States of America
State	Pennsylvania
County	Greene Washington
Physical characteristics
Source	divide between Tenmile Creek and Chartiers Creek
• location	about 2 miles west of Lagonda, Pennsylvania
• coordinates	40°07′01″N 080°19′25″W[1]
• elevation	1,290 ft (390 m)[2]
Mouth	Monongahela River
• location	Millsboro, Pennsylvania
• coordinates	39°59′04″N 079°59′57″W[1]
• elevation	763 ft (233 m)[2]
Length	35.15 mi (56.57 km)[3]
Basin size	337.91 square miles (875.2 km^2)[4]
Discharge
• average	379.77 cu ft/s (10.754 m^3/s) at mouth with Monongahela River[4]
Basin features
Progression	southeast
River system	Monongahela River
Tributaries
• left	Bane Creek Montgomery Run Smith Run Little Tenmile Creek Horn Run Little Daniels Run Plum Run Black Hollow
• right	Crafts Creek Short Creek Hufford Run Patterson Run Barrs Run South Fork Tenmile Creek

Tenmile Creek was so named on account of frequent branches, occurring about every 10 miles (16 km).[6]

See also

• List of rivers of Pennsylvania

References

1. "GNIS Detail - Tenmile Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
2. "Tenmile Creek Topo Map, Washington County PA (Carmichaels Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
4. "Tenmile Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tenmile Creek (Pennsylvania)
6. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 129.