Mill Creek (Bens Creek)
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Water code | US : 1192934 | |
location | Cambria County in Pennsylvania (USA) | |
River system | Mississippi River | |
Drain over | Ben's Creek → Stonycreek River → Conemaugh → Kiskiminetas → Allegheny → Ohio → Mississippi → Gulf of Mexico | |
source | southwestern Lower Yoder Township 40 ° 19 ′ 15 ″ N , 79 ° 1 ′ 43 ″ W |
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Source height | 750 m | |
muzzle | in Bens Creek coordinates: 40 ° 16 ′ 58 ″ N , 78 ° 56 ′ 6 ″ W 40 ° 16 ′ 58 ″ N , 78 ° 56 ′ 6 ″ W. |
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Mouth height | 368 m | |
Height difference | 382 m | |
Bottom slope | 36 ‰ | |
length | 10.7 km | |
Catchment area | 19.1 km² | |
Left tributaries | Little Mill Creek |
The Mill Creek ( English for "Mühlbach") is a small stream south of Johnstown in the US state of Pennsylvania .
It rises on the eastern slope of the ridge Laurel Hill . The creek is, except for a section just before its confluence with Bens Creek , entirely in Cambria County . It flows mainly in a westerly and southwestern direction, in the upper reaches the Little Mill Creek, the only named tributary that flows into Mill Creek.
A dam was built south of the Westmont community in 1884 to supply the city of Johnstown with water. A second reservoir - completed at the end of the 19th century - had a capacity of almost 380,000 m³ (100 million gallons ). Both reservoirs have since been abandoned and no longer exist.
According to the USGS , Mill Creek is about 10.7 km long and has a catchment area of 19.1 km².