North Branch Slippery Rock Creek | |
Name Other: | Tributary to Slippery Rock Creek |
Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map: | USA Pennsylvania#USA |
Pushpin Map Size: | 300 |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location of North Branch Slippery Rock Creek mouth |
Subdivision Type1: | Country |
Subdivision Name1: | United States of America |
Subdivision Type2: | State |
Subdivision Name2: | Pennsylvania |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | Butler Venango |
Subdivision Type4: | Townships |
Subdivision Name4: | Marion (Butler) Irwin (Venango) |
Length: | 8.97miles[1] |
Discharge1 Avg: | 24.28cuft/s at mouth with Slippery Rock Creek[2] |
Source1: | divide between North Branch Slippery Rock Creek and East Branch of Wolf Creek |
Source1 Location: | Barkeyville, Pennsylvania |
Source1 Coordinates: | 41.1981°N -79.9825°W[3] |
Source1 Elevation: | 1370feet[4] |
Mouth: | Slippery Rock Creek |
Mouth Location: | about 0.5 miles southwest of Atwells Crossing, Pennsylvania |
Mouth Coordinates: | 41.0981°N -79.9303°W[5] |
Mouth Elevation: | 1180feet[6] |
Progression: | Slippery Rock Creek → Connoquenessing Creek → Beaver River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River System: | Beaver River |
Basin Size: | [7] |
Tributaries Left: | unnamed tributaries |
Tributaries Right: | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges: | Stevenson Road, Barkeyville Road, Pittsburgh Road (PA 8), White Oak Road, Smith Road, Campground Road, Eau Claire Road, Watson Road, Boyers Road, Damatteis Road |
North Branch Slippery Rock Creek is a main tributary of Slippery Rock Creek in western Pennsylvania. The stream rises in southeastern Venango County and flows south-southwest entering Slippery Rock Creek near Atwells Crossing. The watershed is roughly 33% agricultural, 59% forested and the rest is other uses.[8]