Sewickley Creek is a long 4th order tributary to the
Youghiogheny River
The Youghiogheny River , or the Yough (pronounced Yok ) for short, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Monongahela River in the U.S. s ...
in
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Westmoreland County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 364,663. The county seat is Greensburg. Formed from, successively, Lancaster, Northumberland, and later Bedford co ...
. This is the only stream of this name in the United States.
Variant names
According to the
Geographic Names Information System
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, it has also been known historically as:
*Sewickey Creek
Course
Sewickley Creek rises in a pond about 1 mile north of
Pleasant Unity, Pennsylvania
Pleasant Unity is an unincorporated community in a rural part of Unity Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located at the junction of Pennsylvania Route 130 and Pennsylvania Route 981 southeast of Greensburg.
Ple ...
,
and then flows westerly to join the
Youghiogheny River
The Youghiogheny River , or the Yough (pronounced Yok ) for short, is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed August 15, 2011 tributary of the Monongahela River in the U.S. s ...
across from
Collinsburg.
Watershed
Sewickley Creek drains of area, receives about 43.3 in/year of precipitation, has a wetness index of 370.17, and is about 45% forested.
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
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References
External links
Sewickley Creek Watershed AssociationSewickley Creek Watershed Conservation PlanSewickley Creek Watershed Assessment
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Tributaries of the Youghiogheny River
Rivers of Pennsylvania
Rivers of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania
Allegheny Plateau