Little Sewickley Creek facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Little Sewickley Creek |
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Location of Little Sewickley Creek mouth
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Other name(s) | Tributary to Sewickley Creek |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Westmoreland |
Borough | Herminie Arona |
Physical characteristics | |
Main source | Brush Creek divide about 0.5 miles east of Lincoln Heights, Pennsylvania 1,260 ft (380 m) 40°18′41″N 079°36′14″W / 40.31139°N 79.60389°W |
River mouth | Sewickley Creek Cowansburg, Pennsylvania 758 ft (231 m) 40°15′02″N 079°45′37″W / 40.25056°N 79.76028°W |
Length | 13.42 mi (21.60 km) |
Basin features | |
Progression | generally west |
River system | Monongahela River |
Basin size | 30.79 square miles (79.7 km2) |
Tributaries |
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Bridges | Walton Tea Room Road, PA 66, Marwood Forest Road, Walton Tea Room Road, Baughman Hollow Road, PA 66, PA 136, Whigham Road, Kocevar Lane, Rocky Mountain Road, Arona Road, I-76, Ladysmith Road, PA 136, Lash Road, Keystone Road, High Street, Clay Pike, Greenhills Road, Lowber Road (x3) |
Little Sewickley Creek is a 13.42 mi (21.60 km) long 3rd order tributary to Sewickley Creek in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania.
Course
Little Sewickley Creek rises about 0.5 miles east of Lincoln Heights, Pennsylvania, and then flows west to join Sewickley Creek at Cowansburg, Pennsylvania.
Watershed
Little Seiwckley Creek drains 30.79 square miles (79.7 km2) of area, receives about 40.7 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 343.54, and is about 49% forested.
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