LeBoeuf Creek (Pennsylvania)

LeBoeuf Creek
LeBoeuf Creek (Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
LeBoeuf Creek (Pennsylvania)
Location of the mouth of LeBoeuf Creek in Pennsylvania
Etymologyle bœuf, French for "buffalo"[2]
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyErie
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationSummit Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates42°1′46″N 80°3′46″W / 42.02944°N 80.06278°W / 42.02944; -80.06278[1]
 • elevation1,420 ft (430 m)[3]
MouthFrench Creek
 • location
Mill Village, Erie County, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates
41°54′8″N 79°59′9″W / 41.90222°N 79.98583°W / 41.90222; -79.98583[1]
 • elevation
1,160 ft (350 m)[3]
Length18.0 mi (29.0 km)[3]
Basin size63.6 sq mi (165 km2)[3]
Basin features
ProgressionFrench CreekAllegheny RiverOhio RiverMississippi RiverGulf of Mexico
Tributaries 
 • leftEast Branch LeBoeuf Creek
Waterford Covered Bridge

LeBoeuf Creek is an 18-mile (29 km) long tributary of French Creek in Erie County, Pennsylvania in the United States. It has a drainage basin of 63.6 square miles (165 km2).

  1. ^ a b "LeBoeuf Creek". Geographic Names Information System. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
  2. ^ Espenshad, Abraham Howry (1925). Pennsylvania Place Names. State College, PA: Pennsylvania State College. p. 246. OCLC 3028775.
  3. ^ a b c d Shaw, L. C.; W. F. Busch (June 1984). Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams, Part II. Water Resources Bulletin. Vol. 16. Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey. Harrisburg, PA: Pennsylvania Department of Forest and Waters. p. 271.