Brush Creek (Connoquenessing Creek tributary)
Brush Creek Tributary to Connoquenessing Creek | |
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![]() ![]() Location of Brush Creek mouth | |
Location | |
Country | United States of America |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Allegheny Beaver Butler |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Brush Creek and Pine Creek (Allegheny River) |
• location | Warrendale, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°38′32″N 80°03′48″W / 40.64222°N 80.06333°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,160 ft (350 m)[2] |
Mouth | Connoquenessing Creek |
• location | Hazen, Beaver County, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°49′09″N 80°14′49″W / 40.81917°N 80.24694°WCoordinates: 40°49′09″N 80°14′49″W / 40.81917°N 80.24694°W[1] |
• elevation | 860 ft (260 m)[2] |
Length | 21.08 mi (33.92 km) |
Basin size | 56.15 square miles (145.4 km2)[3] |
Discharge | |
• average | 57.53 cu ft/s (1.629 m3/s) at mouth with Connoquenessing Creek[3] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Connoquenessing Creek → Beaver River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | Beaver River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Brush Creek is a tributary of Connoquenessing Creek in western Pennsylvania. The stream rises in northwestern Allegheny County and flows 21.08 miles (33.92 km)[4] northwest, entering Connoquenessing Creek at Hazen. The watershed is roughly 35% agricultural, 42% forested and the rest is other uses.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Brush Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Connoquenessing Creek Topo Map, Lawrence County PA (Beaver Falls Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ a b c "Brush Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 August 2019.
Categories:
- Rivers of Pennsylvania
- Tributaries of the Beaver River
- Rivers of Beaver County, Pennsylvania
- Rivers of Butler County, Pennsylvania
- Rivers of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
- Pennsylvania river stubs
- Butler County, Pennsylvania geography stubs