| Laurel Hill Creek Tributary to Casselman River | |
|---|---|
  Location of Laurel Hill Creek mouth | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Somerset |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Laurel Hill Creek and Casselman River |
| • location | about 0.5 miles east of Indiantown, Pennsylvania[2] |
| • coordinates | 40°00′13″N 079°12′16″W / 40.00361°N 79.20444°W[1] |
| • elevation | 2,200 ft (670 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Casselman River |
• location | Confluence, Pennsylvania[2] |
• coordinates | 39°48′53″N 079°21′42″W / 39.81472°N 79.36167°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,330 ft (410 m)[2] |
| Length | 39.9 mi (64.2 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 125.09 square miles (324.0 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Casselman River |
| • average | 283.58 cu ft/s (8.030 m3/s) at mouth with Casselman River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | southwest |
| River system | Youghiogheny River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Lost Creek Mose King Run May Run Smith Hollow Paddytown Hollow |
| • right | Crab Run Clear Run Shanks Run Shafer Run Gross Run Crise Run Jones Mill Run Crab Run Allen Creek Fall Creek Whipkey Run Glade Run |
| Waterbodies | Laurel Hill Lake |
Laurel Hill Creek is a 39.9-mile-long (64.2 km)[5] tributary of the Casselman River that is located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.[6] It is part of the Youghiogheny River watershed, flowing to the Monongahela River, the Ohio River, and ultimately the Mississippi River.
It is responsible for draining 126 square miles of the 576 square miles drained by the Casselman River.[7]
- ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Laurel Hill Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ a b c d "Laurel Hill Creek Topo Map, Somerset County PA (Confluence Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Laurel Hill Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 15, 2011
- ^ Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
- ^ Survey Report: Youghiogheny River Watershed: Program for Runoff and Waterflow Retardation and Soil Erosion Prevention. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. 1951. p. 1 of App. A. Retrieved June 17, 2020.