Chittenango Creek | |
Pushpin Map: | USA New York#USA |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of the mouth of Chittenango Creek in New York State |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | New York |
Subdivision Type3: | Region |
Subdivision Name3: | Central New York |
Source1: | Nelson Swamp |
Source1 Location: | Town of Fenner, Madison County |
Source1 Coordinates: | 42.9586°N -75.7536°W |
Mouth: | Oneida Lake |
Mouth Location: | Bridgeport |
Mouth Coordinates: | 43.1836°N -75.9933°W |
Progression: | Chittenango Creek → Oneida Lake → Oneida River → Oswego River → Lake Ontario → St. Lawrence River → Gulf of St. Lawrence → Atlantic Ocean |
Tributaries Left: | Cazenovia Lake, Limestone Creek |
Waterfalls: | Chittenango Falls |
Chittenango Creek is a small river in central New York, United States. The creek partially forms the boundary between Onondaga County and Madison County.
The Chittenango Creek watershed comprises about 290sqmi of drainage in Onondaga and Madison counties. The median annual flow is estimated at 300cuft/s.
Chittenango Creek originates in Nelson Swamp in the town of Fenner in Madison County.[1] It receives the outflow for Cazenovia Lake near the village of Cazenovia. From there it flows northward, passing over a 167feet waterfall in Chittenango Falls State Park[2] before flowing through the village of Chittenango. The creek flows out into Oneida Lake near the community of Bridgeport.