Tenmile Creek (Pennsylvania)

Tenmile Creek is a stream in Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, USA.[5] It is a tributary of the Monongahela River.

Tenmile Creek
Tributary to Monongahela River
Location of Tenmile Creek mouth
Tenmile Creek (Pennsylvania) (the United States)
Location
CountryUnited States of America
StatePennsylvania
CountyGreene
Washington
Physical characteristics
Sourcedivide between Tenmile Creek and Chartiers Creek
 • locationabout 2 miles west of Lagonda, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates40°07′01″N 080°19′25″W[1]
 • elevation1,290 ft (390 m)[2]
MouthMonongahela River
 • location
Millsboro, Pennsylvania
 • coordinates
39°59′04″N 079°59′57″W[1]
 • elevation
763 ft (233 m)[2]
Length35.15 mi (56.57 km)[3]
Basin size337.91 square miles (875.2 km2)[4]
Discharge 
 • average379.77 cu ft/s (10.754 m3/s) at mouth with Monongahela River[4]
Basin features
Progressionsoutheast
River systemMonongahela River
Tributaries 
 • leftBane Creek
Montgomery Run
Smith Run
Little Tenmile Creek
Horn Run
Daniels Run
Plum Run
Black Hollow
 • rightCrafts Creek
Short Creek
Hufford Run
Patterson Run
Barrs Run
South Fork Tenmile Creek

Tenmile Creek was so named on account of frequent branches, occurring about every 10 miles (16 km).[6]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]

  • Ten Mile Creek
  • Ten-Mile Creek

Tributaries

The major tributary of Tenmile Creek is South Fork Tenmile Creek, which rises in western Greene County and flows generally east entering Tenmile Creek at Clarksville, Pennsylvania. The watershed is roughly 24% agricultural, 68% forested and the rest is other uses.[7]

South Fork Tenmile Creek has a number of smaller tributarties, including Grimes Run on the left, which rises in central Greene County and flows southeast entering South Fork Tenmile Creek northeast of Morrisville, Pennsylvania. The watershed is roughly 15% agricultural, 74% forested and the rest is other uses.[8]

See also

References
  1. "GNIS Detail - Tenmile Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  2. "Tenmile Creek Topo Map, Washington County PA (Carmichaels Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  3. "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  4. "Tenmile Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 29 August 2019.
  5. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Tenmile Creek (Pennsylvania)
  6. Moyer, Armond; Moyer, Winifred (1958). The origins of unusual place-names. Keystone Pub. Associates. p. 129.
  7. "South Fork Tenmile Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 30 August 2019.
  8. "Grimes Run Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 5 September 2019.



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