Thompson Creek Tributary to Oil Creek | |
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Nickname(s) | Thompson Run |
Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
County | Crawford |
City | Hydetown |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Thompson Creek and Caldwell Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles east of Shelmadine Springs, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°40′32″N 079°33′12″W / 41.67556°N 79.55333°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,600 ft (490 m) |
Mouth | about 1/4 miles southwest of Hydetown, Pennsylvania |
• location | Oil Creek |
• coordinates | 41°38′53″N 079°43′54″W / 41.64806°N 79.73167°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,240 ft (380 m) |
Length | 6.82 mi (10.98 km)[2] |
Basin size | 35.9 square miles (93 km2)[3] |
Discharge | |
• location | Hydetown, Pennsylvania |
• average | 66.43 cu ft/s (1.881 m3/s) at mouth with Oil Creek[3] |
Basin features | |
Progression | Oil Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
River system | Allegheny River (Oil Creek) |
Population | 1,374 (2010)[4] |
Tributaries | |
• left | Hummer Creek |
• right | Shirley Run McLaughlin Creek |
Thompson Creek is a 6.8 mile (11.0 km) 3rd order tributary to Oil Creek that rises on the Caldwell Creek divide in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.