Kinzua Creek

River in Pennsylvania, United States
41°50′8″N 78°35′13″W / 41.83556°N 78.58694°W / 41.83556; -78.58694[1] • elevation2,220 ft (680 m)[2] MouthAllegheny River
 • location
Allegheny Reservoir, McKean County, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates
41°51′29″N 78°57′13″W / 41.85806°N 78.95361°W / 41.85806; -78.95361[1]
 • elevation
1,328 ft (405 m)[2]Length26.5 mi (42.6 km)[2]Basin size86 sq mi (220 km2)[2]

Kinzua Creek /ˈkɪnzuː/ is a 26.5-mile (42.6 km) tributary of the Allegheny River that is located in McKean County, Pennsylvania in the United States.[3]

Geography

The upper reaches of the creek pass through Kinzua Bridge State Park, where the creek was spanned by the Kinzua Viaduct until a tornado destroyed the viaduct in 2003.[3]

Kinzua Creek, named for a settlement of the Seneca people[2], joins the Allegheny Reservoir 10 miles (16 km) upstream of the city of Warren, a few miles upstream of the Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River.[3] The location is also the former location of Kinzua, an unincorporated community that was wiped out as a result of the construction of the Kinzua Dam; it previously formed the boundary between Kinzua and (West) Corydon before both communities were dissolved in the 1960s.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Kinzua Creek". Geographic Names Information System. August 2, 1979. Retrieved January 30, 2009.
  2. ^ 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. 259.
  3. ^ a b c Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6

External links

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  • U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations
  • Kinzua Bridge State Park
  • U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Kinzua Dam and Allegheny Reservoir