Stonycreek River

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Stonycreek River
Horner Street Bridge over the Stonycreek River in 1991

Horner Street Bridge over the Stonycreek River in 1991

Data
Water code US :  1209340
location Pennsylvania ( USA )
River system Mississippi River
Drain over Conemaugh  → Kiskiminetas  → Allegheny  → Ohio  → Mississippi  → Gulf of Mexico
source near Berlin
39 ° 55 '37 "  N , 78 ° 57" 31 "  W.
Source height approx.  692  m
confluence with the Little Conemaugh River at Johnstown Coordinates: 40 ° 19 ′ 51 ″  N , 78 ° 55 ′ 31 ″  W 40 ° 19 ′ 51 ″  N , 78 ° 55 ′ 31 ″  W
Mouth height 347  m
Height difference approx. 345 m
Bottom slope approx. 4.8 ‰
length 72 km
Catchment area 1,209.5 km²
Left tributaries Wells Creek , Quemahoning Creek , Bens Creek
Right tributaries Rhoads Creek , Shade Creek , Paint Creek

The Stonycreek River is a 72-kilometer-long left tributary of the Conemaugh River in the southwest of the US state Pennsylvania . It drains an area of ​​around 1,210 square kilometers in Somerset and Cambria counties .

course

The river has its source near Berlin in Somerset County and flows mostly in a northwest direction past Shanksville , where the Rhoads Creek joins, Stoystown and Hooversville . At Hollsopple it takes on the Quemahoning Creek , before it flows a little later at Johnstown with the Little Conemaugh River , which together form the Conemaugh River .

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ USGS National Map Viewer
  2. ↑ a b Stonycreek River in the Geographic Names Information System of the United States Geological Survey
  3. ^ Lycoming College Pennsylvania Gazetter of Streams (PDF)