Lake Creek Tributary to Sugar Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County |
Venango Crawford County |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | Woodcock Creek divide |
• location | about 2 miles northwest of Guys Mills, Pennsylvania [2] |
• coordinates | 41°39′29″N 079°59′43″W / 41.65806°N 79.99528°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,538 ft (469 m) [2] |
Mouth | Sugar Creek |
• location | Cooperstown, Pennsylvania [2] |
• coordinates | 41°29′55″N 079°52′28″W / 41.49861°N 79.87444°W [1] |
• elevation | 1,122 ft (342 m) [1] |
Length | 17.15 mi (27.60 km) [3] |
Basin size | 34.36 square miles (89.0 km2) [4] |
Discharge | |
• location | Sugar Creek |
• average | 59.42 cu ft/s (1.683 m3/s) at mouth with Sugar Creek [4] |
Basin features | |
Progression | generally southeast |
River system | Allegheny River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Trout Run |
• right | Brawley Run |
Waterbodies | Sugar Lake |
Lake Creek is a 17.15 mi (27.60 km) long 3rd order tributary to Sugar Creek in Crawford and Venango County, Pennsylvania.
Lake Creek rises on the Woodcock Creek divide about 2 miles northwest of Guys Mills, Pennsylvania in Crawford County. Lake Creek then flows southeasterly into Venango County to meet Sugar Creek at Cooperstown, Pennsylvania. [2]
Lake Creek drains 34.36 square miles (89.0 km2) of area, receives about 44.6 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 466.17, and has an average water temperature of 7.88 °C. [4] The watershed is 66% forested. [4]