| Sewickley Creek Tributary to Youghiogheny River | |
|---|---|
 A bend in Sewickley Creek as seen from the Five Star Trail, just southeast of the campus of Westmoreland Community College in Hempfield Township, PA, December 2018. | |
  Location of Sewickley Creek mouth  Sewickley Creek (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Westmoreland |
| Borough | Hunker Youngwood New Stanton |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Fourmile Run divide |
| • location | about 1 mile north-northeast of Pleasant Unity, Pennsylvania[2] |
| • coordinates | 40°15′57″N 079°26′07″W / 40.26583°N 79.43528°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,145 ft (349 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Youghiogheny River |
• location | Collinsburg, Pennsylvania[3] |
• coordinates | 40°13′45″N 079°46′39″W / 40.22917°N 79.77750°W[1] |
• elevation | 740 ft (230 m)[3] |
| Length | 29.53 mi (47.52 km)[4] |
| Basin size | 167.49 square miles (433.8 km2)[5] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Youghiogheny River |
| • average | 205.64 cu ft/s (5.823 m3/s) at mouth with Youghiogheny River[5] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Youghiogheny River → Monongahela River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Monongahela River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Welty Run Boyer Run Wilson Run Belson Run Buffalo Run Lick Run Hunters Run |
| • right | North Branch Sewickley Creek Brinker Run Township Line Run Jacks Run Pinkerton Run Kelly Run Little Sewickley Creek |
| Bridges | Schmuckers Road, PA 981, Kemerer Road, Phillips Road, PA 130, Bingham Road, Dutch Hill Road, Pollins Road, Fairground Road, United Road, Mt. Pleasant Road, Brinkerton Ext., Udell Road, Mt. Pleasant Road, Trouttown Road, Stone Church Road, US 119, I-76, S Center Avenue, Chaney Brothers Road, New Stanton-Ruffsdale Road, Hunker Waltz Mill Road, Waltz Mill Road, I-70, Yukon Road, Creek Road, Bells Mills Road, PA 136, Apples Mill Road, Sutersville Road |
Sewickley Creek is a 29.53 mi (47.52 km) long 4th order tributary to the Youghiogheny River in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.[1]
- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Sewickley Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Get Maps". USGS Topoview. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Sewickley Creek Watershed Report". US EPA Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 16 November 2020.