Peters Creek (Pennsylvania)

Peters Creek
Tributary to Monongahela River
Peters Creek (Pennsylvania) is located in Pennsylvania
Peters Creek (Pennsylvania)
Location of Peters Creek mouth
Peters Creek (Pennsylvania) is located in the United States
Peters Creek (Pennsylvania)
Peters Creek (Pennsylvania) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States
StatePennsylvania
CountyAllegheny
Washington
BoroughClairton
Physical characteristics
SourceLittle Chartiers Creek divide
 • locationThomas, Pennsylvania[2]
 • coordinates40°14′08″N 080°05′52″W / 40.23556°N 80.09778°W / 40.23556; -80.09778[1]
 • elevation1,200 ft (370 m)[2]
MouthMonongahela River
 • location
Clairton, Pennsylvania[2]
 • coordinates
40°18′34″N 079°52′52″W / 40.30944°N 79.88111°W / 40.30944; -79.88111[1]
 • elevation
719 ft (219 m)[1]
Length16.16 mi (26.01 km)[3]
Basin size51.44 square miles (133.2 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • locationMonongahela River
 • average54.41 cu ft/s (1.541 m3/s) at mouth with Monongahela River[4]
Basin features
Progressionnortheast
River systemMonongahela River
Tributaries 
 • leftPiney Fork
Lick Run
Beam Run
Lewis Run

Peters Creek is a 16.8-mile-long (27.0 km)[5] tributary of the Monongahela River and part of the Ohio River and Mississippi River watersheds, flowing through southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States.[6]

  1. ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Peters Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "Peters Creek Topo Map, Allegheny County PA (Glassport Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  4. ^ a b "Peters Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
  5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011
  6. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peters Creek (Pennsylvania)