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.

Variant names

According to the

Geographic Names Information System The Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) is a database of name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features throughout the United States and its territories, Antarctica, and the associated states of ...

, it has also been known historically as: *Thompson's Run *Thompsons Run

Course

Thompson Run rises on the Caldwell Creek divide about 0.5 miles east of Shelmadine Springs in

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 Wi ...

. Thompson Creek then flows west to meet Oil Creek in Hydetown.

Watershed

Thompson Creek drains of area, receives about 45.4 in/year of precipitation, has a

topographic wetness index The topographic wetness index (TWI), also known as the compound topographic index (CTI), is a steady state wetness index. It is commonly used to quantify topographic control on hydrological processes. The index is a function of both the slope and t ...

of 445.85, and has an average water temperature of 7.35 °C. The watershed is 53% forested.

References

Additional Maps

Course of Thompson Creek (Oil Creek tributary)

Watershed of Thompson Creek (Oil Creek tributary)

{{authority control Rivers of Pennsylvania Rivers of Crawford County, Pennsylvania