Alder Brook Tributary to West Branch French Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Erie |
Township | Venango |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Alder Brook and LeBeouf Creek |
• location | about 2 miles east of Bogus Corners, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 42°03′58″N 079°53′46″W / 42.06611°N 79.89611°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,335 ft (407 m)[2] |
Mouth | West Branch French Creek |
• location | about 3 miles NNW of Lowville, Pennsylvania[2] |
• coordinates | 42°03′27″N 079°50′30″W / 42.05750°N 79.84167°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,299 ft (396 m)[1] |
Length | 2.93 mi (4.72 km)[3] |
Basin size | 6.63 square miles (17.2 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | West Branch French Creek |
• average | 12.63 cu ft/s (0.358 m3/s) at mouth with West Branch French Creek[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | West Branch French Creek → French Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | Allegheny River |
Tributaries | |
• left | unnamed tributaries |
• right | unnamed tributaries |
Bridges | Wattsburg Road, Phillipsville Road |
Alder Brook is a 2.93 mi (4.72 km) long tributary to West Branch French Creek that is classed as a 1st order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.[3]