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Tionesta Creek

River in Pennsylvania, United States

41°40′36″N 79°2′4″W / 41.67667°N 79.03444°W / 41.67667; -79.03444^[1] • elevation1,925 ft (587 m)^[2] MouthAllegheny River

• location

Tionesta, Forest County, Pennsylvania

• coordinates

41°29′15″N 79°27′24″W / 41.48750°N 79.45667°W / 41.48750; -79.45667^[1]

• elevation

1,046 ft (319 m)^[2]Length61.9 mi (99.6 km)^[2]Basin size480 sq mi (1,200 km²)^[2]Discharge • locationTionesta Creek Dam • average906 cu ft/s (25.7 m³/s)^[3] Basin featuresProgressionAllegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of MexicoRiver systemAllegheny RiverTributaries • leftMead Run, Thad Shanty Run, Watsontown Run, Rocky Run, Hastings Run, Wildcat Run, Blood Run, Logan Run, Phelps Run, Panther Run, Salmon Creek, Carpenter Run, Lamentation Run, Bear Creek, Little Coon Creek, Coon Creek, Piney Run, Johns Run • rightRock Run, Duck Eddy Run, Pell Run, Messenger Run, Bush Creek, Martin Run, Reagan Run, Upper Sheriff Run, Fools Creek, Minister Run, Porcupine Run, Bobbs Creek, Little Minister Creek, Fork Run, Church Run, Ross Run, Jakes Run, Jug Handle Run, Sugar Run, Little Piney Run, Peters Run

Tionesta Creek is a tributary of the Allegheny River in Forest, Clarion, Warren, McKean, and Elk Counties in Pennsylvania in the United States. Together with its West Branch, Tionesta Creek is 61.9 miles (99.6 km) long, flows generally south, and its watershed is 480 square miles (1,243 km²) in area.

References

^ ^a ^b "Tionesta Creek". Geographic Names Information System. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-14.
^ ^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. 267. OCLC 17150333.
^ "USGS Surface Water data for Pennsylvania: USGS Surface-Water Annual Statistics".