Sugar Creek (French Creek tributary)

Sugar Creek is a 22.66 mi (36.47 km) long 4th order tributary to French Creek in Venango County, Pennsylvania that rises in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Sugar Creek Tributary to French Creek
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Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
Counties	Crawford Venango
Physical characteristics
Source	divide between Sugar Creek and Muddy Creek
• location	about 0.5 miles south of Altenburg Corners, Pennsylvania[1]
• coordinates	41°40′08″N 079°51′20″W[2]
• elevation	1,560 ft (480 m)[1]
Mouth	French Creek
• location	Sugar Creek, Pennsylvania[1]
• coordinates	41°25′04″N 079°52′34″W[2]
• elevation	1,000 ft (300 m)[1]
Length	22.66 mi (36.47 km)[3]
Basin size	167.8 square miles (435 km2)[4]
Discharge
• location	French Creek
• average	278.85 cu ft/s (7.896 m3/s) at mouth with French Creek[4]
Basin features
Progression	French Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River system	Allegheny River
Tributaries
• left	Dry Run East Branch Sugar Creek Wolf Run Lick Run
• right	West Branch Lake Creek Beatty Run Foster Run Warden Run

Course

Sugar Creek rises on the Muddy Creek divide about 0.5 miles south of Altenburg Corners, Pennsylvania in Crawford County. Sugar Creek then flows south to meet French Creek at Sugar Creek, Pennsylvania in Venango County.^[1]

Watershed

Sugar Creek drains 167.8 square miles (435 km²) of area, receives about 44.7 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 450.73, and has an average water temperature of 7.88 °C.^[4] The watershed is 67% forested.^[4]

See also

• List of rivers of Pennsylvania
• List of tributaries of the Allegheny River

Gallery

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  Course of Sugar Creek (French Creek tributary)
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  Watershed of Sugar Creek (French Creek tributary)