Ruff Creek Tributary to South Fork Tenmile Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States of America |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Greene |
Townships | Morgan Washington |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Ruff Creek and Tenmile Creek |
• location | about 1 mile southeast of Dunn's Station, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°00′31″N 080°14′26″W / 40.00861°N 80.24056°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,230 ft (370 m)[2] |
Mouth | South Fork Tenmile Creek |
• location | about 3 miles northeast of Morrisville, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 39°54′57″N 080°06′19″W / 39.91583°N 80.10528°W[1] |
• elevation | 879 ft (268 m)[3] |
Length | 13.2 mi (21.2 km)[4] |
Basin size | 26.16 square miles (67.8 km2)[5] |
Discharge | |
• average | 31.85 cu ft/s (0.902 m3/s) at mouth with South Fork Tenmile Creek[5] |
Basin features | |
Progression | southeast |
River system | Monongahela River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Craynes Run Poverty Run Grimes Run |
• right | Walkers Run Jersey Run |
Ruff Creek is a large tributary to South Fork Tenmile Creek in southwestern Pennsylvania. The stream rises in north-central Greene County and flows southeast entering South Fork Tenmile Creek northeast of Morrisville, Pennsylvania. The watershed is roughly 27% agricultural, 64% forested and the rest is other uses.[5]