Bull Creek is a
tributary
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of the
Allegheny River
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in
Allegheny and
Butler
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counties,
Pennsylvania
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in the
United States
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.
Course
Bull Creek joins the Allegheny River at the borough of
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.
Tributaries
(Mouth at the Allegheny River)
*
Little Bull Creek
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joins Bull Creek via a culvert underneath Bull Creek Road (
Pennsylvania Route 366
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) at Tarentum.
*
McDowell Run joins Bull Creek near the intersection of Bull Creek Road and Howes Run Road in
Fawn Township.
*
Lardintown Run joins Bull Creek near the intersection of Bull Creek Road and Lardintown Road in Fawn Township.
*
Rocky Run joins Bull Creek near the intersection of Saxonburg Boulevard and Cherry Valley Road in
Clinton Township.
See also
*
List of rivers of Pennsylvania
This is a list of streams and rivers in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
By drainage basin
This list is arranged by drainage basin, with respective tributaries indented under each larger stream's name.
Delaware Bay
Chesapeake Bay
*''E ...
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List of tributaries of the Allegheny River
This article contains a list of tributaries of the Allegheny River, a stream in the U.S. states of New York and Pennsylvania. (Mouth at the Ohio River)
New York Sources:
* Oswayo Creek (Portville, Cattaraugus Co., NY)
* Dodge Creek (Allegany ...
References
External links
U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations
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Rivers of Pennsylvania
Tributaries of the Allegheny River
Rivers of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Rivers of Butler County, Pennsylvania