Otego Creek

Otego Creek is a 32.7-mile-long (52.6 km)^[2] tributary of the Susquehanna River in Otsego County, New York. Otego Creek rises in the Town of Otsego and flows south through the Towns of Hartwick and Laurens, before joining the Susquehanna River southwest of the City of Oneonta.

Otego Creek
Otego Creek downstream of Jones Crossing Road south of Hartwick
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Location
Country	United States
State	New York
Region	Central New York Region
County	Otsego
Physical characteristics
Source
• location	Otsego
• coordinates	42°43′00″N 75°01′33″W[1]
Mouth	Susquehanna River
• location	Oneonta
• coordinates	42°25′39″N 75°07′22″W[1]
Length	32.7 mi (52.6 km)[2]
Basin features
Tributaries
• left	Keyes Brook
• right	Clark Brook West Branch Otego Creek Pool Brook Lake Brook Wharton Creek Harrison Creek Banner Creek

History

On a 1790 map of Otsego County, Otego Creek is shown on the map as Adiga Creek.^[3]

Tributaries

Clark Brook flows into Otego Creek north of Hartwick. West Branch Otego Creek flows into Otego Creek north of Mount Vision. Keyes Brook flows into Otego Creek south of Mount Vision. Pool Brook flows into Otego Creek northeast of Laurens. Lake Brook begins in an unnamed field northwest of the Village of Laurens and flows south before flowing into Lake of the Twin Fawns. It then exits the lake and flows southeast before flowing into Gilbert Lake. After exiting Gilbert Lake it continues flowing southeast before converging with Otego Creek east of Laurens. Wharton Creek flows into Otego Creek south of Laurens. Harrison Creek flows into Otego Creek northeast of West Oneonta. Cooper Creek is a tributary of Harrison Creek that flows into Harrison Creek north-northwest of West Oneonta.^[4] Banner Creek flows through Hell Hollow and flows into Otego Creek southeast of West Oneonta.

See also

• List of rivers of New York

References

1. "Otego Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011
3. historical map works, historical map works (1790). "1790 Land permit map". Historicmapworks.com. historic map works. Retrieved 16 April 2017. data
4. "Cooper Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2018-09-09.