Indian Creek Tributary to Youghiogheny River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Fayette Westmoreland |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Shafer Run and Loyalhanna Creek divide |
• location | about 5 miles southeast of Kregar, Pennsylvania[2] |
• coordinates | 40°06′24″N 079°13′38″W / 40.10667°N 79.22722°W[1] |
• elevation | 2,560 ft (780 m)[2] |
Mouth | Youghiogheny River |
• location | Indian Creek, Pennsylvania[2] |
• coordinates | 39°58′05″N 079°30′46″W / 39.96806°N 79.51278°W[1] |
• elevation | 945 ft (288 m)[1] |
Length | 29.55 mi (47.56 km)[3] |
Basin size | 124.88 square miles (323.4 km2)[4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Youghiogheny River |
• average | 228.94 cu ft/s (6.483 m3/s) at mouth with Youghiogheny River[4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | generally southwest |
River system | Monongahela River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Little Run Camp Run Roaring Run Back Creek Laurel Run Mill Run |
• right | Champion Creek Wash Run Poplar Run Rasler Run Richter Run Tates Run |
Waterbodies | Mill Run Reservoir |
Indian Creek is a 31.0-mile-long (49.9 km)[5] tributary of the Youghiogheny River in Fayette County, Pennsylvania in the United States.[6][7]
Indian Creek drains the west slope of Laurel Hill in the Laurel Highlands and cuts a steep side canyon into the Youghiogheny Gorge to join the Youghiogheny River between Ohiopyle and Connellsville.[7]