Cussewago Creek is a long tributary to French Creek that is classed as a 4th order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.
Variant names
According to the
Geographic Names Information System
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, it has also been known historically as:
*Cassewago Creek
*Kossewago Creek
The name of the creek is alleged to come from the aboriginal inhabitants, and is said to mean, "big belly".
Course
Cussewago Creek rises north of Eureka Springs in
Erie County, Pennsylvania and flows south into
Crawford County, Pennsylvania
Crawford County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 83,938. Its county seat is Meadville. The county was created on March 12, 1800, from part of Allegheny County and named for Colonel W ...
to meet French Creek at
Meadville.
Watershed
Cussewago Creek drains of Erie Drift Plain (glacial geology). The watershed receives an average of 45.4 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 492.71.
The watershed is about 44% forested.
Natural History
Cussewago Creek supports a diverse fauna, including
mammals,
amphibians,
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of ...
es, and
mollusks.
See also
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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
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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 (Allega ...
References
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Rivers of Pennsylvania
Tributaries of the Allegheny River
Rivers of Crawford County, Pennsylvania