| Peters Creek Tributary to Monongahela River | |
|---|---|
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:USA_Pennsylvania_relief_location_map.svg)  Location of Peters Creek mouth &sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Usa_edcp_relief_location_map.png) Peters Creek (Pennsylvania) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Allegheny Washington |
| Borough | Clairton |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Little Chartiers Creek divide |
| • location | Thomas, Pennsylvania[2] |
| • coordinates | 40°14′08″N 080°05′52″W / 40.23556°N 80.09778°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,200 ft (370 m)[2] |
| Mouth | Monongahela River |
• location | Clairton, Pennsylvania[2] |
• coordinates | 40°18′34″N 079°52′52″W / 40.30944°N 79.88111°W[1] |
• elevation | 719 ft (219 m)[1] |
| Length | 16.16 mi (26.01 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 51.44 square miles (133.2 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Monongahela River |
| • average | 54.41 cu ft/s (1.541 m3/s) at mouth with Monongahela River[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | northeast |
| River system | Monongahela River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Piney Fork Lick Run Beam Run Lewis Run |
Peters Creek is a 16.8-mile-long (27.0 km)[5] tributary of the Monongahela River and part of the Ohio River and Mississippi River watersheds, flowing through southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States.[6]
- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Peters Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- ^ a b c "Peters Creek Topo Map, Allegheny County PA (Glassport Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- ^ a b "Peters Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved December 31, 2019.
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 15, 2011
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Peters Creek (Pennsylvania)