Wharton Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | New York |
Region | Central New York |
County | Otsego |
Towns | Richfield, Plainfield, Exeter, Burlington, Edmeston, Pittsfield |
Physical characteristics | |
Mouth | Unadilla River |
• location | New Berlin |
• coordinates | 42°37′06″N 75°19′40″W / 42.6182°N 75.3279°W |
Length | 36.1 mi (58.1 km) |
Basin size | 92.4 sq mi (239 km2)[1] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Wharton Creek → Unadilla River → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
Tributaries | |
• left | Fly Brook, Dundee Brook |
• right | Mill Creek |
Wharton Creek is a 36.1-mile-long (58.1 km)[2] tributary of the Unadilla River in western Otsego County, in the state of New York. Via the Unadilla River, it is part of the Susquehanna River watershed, flowing to Chesapeake Bay.
Wharton Creek rises in the town of Richfield and flows southwest through the towns of Plainfield, Exeter, Burlington, Edmeston, and Pittsfield, where it empties into the Unadilla River at the village of New Berlin.