Anderson Creek (Pennsylvania)

Anderson Creek
Tributary to West Branch Susquehanna River
Brown Springs, Moshannon State Forest
Brown Springs, Moshannon State Forest, Union Township, Clearfield County, PA
Map of Anderson Creek mouth location
Map of Anderson Creek mouth location
Location of Anderson Creek mouth
Map of Anderson Creek mouth location
Map of Anderson Creek mouth location
Anderson Creek (Pennsylvania) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyClearfield
BoroughCurwensville
Physical characteristics
SourceStony Fork divide
 • locationabout 1.5 miles southeast of Anderson Creek, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates41°07′37″N 78°31′59″W / 41.12694°N 78.53306°W / 41.12694; -78.53306[1]
 • elevation2,080 ft (630 m)[2]
Mouth 
 • location
Curwensville, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates
40°58′19″N 78°31′13″W / 40.97194°N 78.52028°W / 40.97194; -78.52028[1]
 • elevation
1,132 ft (345 m)[3]
Length22.92 mi (36.89 km)[4]
Basin size77.71 square miles (201.3 km2)[5]
Discharge 
 • locationWest Branch Susquehanna River
 • average133.40 cu ft/s (3.777 m3/s) at mouth with West Branch Susquehanna River[5]
Basin features
ProgressionWest Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean
River systemSusquehanna River
Tributaries 
 • leftStony Run
Blanchard Run
Montgomery Run
Panther Run
Irvin Branch
Bear Run
 • rightDressler Run
Little Anderson Creek
Kratzer Run
WaterbodiesDu Bois Reservoir
BridgesFern Wood Road, Twin Oaks Road, PA 153, Dave Long Street, Gordon Road, I-80, Rockton Mountain Highway, Brown Springs Lane, Bridgeport Road, PA 879, Windy Hill Road, PA 453, River Street

Anderson Creek is a 23.6-mile-long (38.0 km)[6] tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.[7]

The upstream portion of the Anderson Creek Watershed is a PA DCNR Conservation Area, and falls from Rockton Mountain, along Interstate I-80 in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania.[8] Anderson Creek is classified as a Class II-III+ whitewater stream and defines the Eastern Continental Divide.[9] Brown Springs, in the Moshannon State Forest, near Rockton, Pennsylvania, is a put-in for kayaking to the West Branch Susquehanna River at Bridgeport, Pennsylvania. The vertical drop of Anderson Creek is 1450 ft. to 1175 ft. "Anderson is a stream of considerable size, and in a region not so well supplied with raftable waters as this, might be well classed among rivers."[10]

  1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Anderson Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  4. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  5. ^ a b "Anderson Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 8, 2011
  7. ^ Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
  8. ^ Rockton Mountain is a popular recreation area for mountain biking and snowmobiling.
  9. ^ See http://www.americanwhitewater.org./
  10. ^ Aldrich, History of Clearfield County, pp. 652, 1887.