Plum Creek (Allegheny River tributary)

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Plum Creek
Country United States
Physical characteristics
Main source 40°28′22″N79°44′56″W / 40.4728459°N 79.7489353°W / 40.4728459; -79.7489353
River mouth 728 ft (222 m)
40°30′27″N79°50′50″W / 40.5075682°N 79.8472718°W / 40.5075682; -79.8472718 Coordinates: 40°30′27″N79°50′50″W / 40.5075682°N 79.8472718°W / 40.5075682; -79.8472718
Basin features
River system Allegheny River

Plum Creek is a tributary of the Allegheny River located in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. [1] The stream was named for the plum trees lining its banks. [2]

Tributary stream or river that flows into a main stem river or lake

A tributary or affluent is a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem river or a lake. A tributary does not flow directly into a sea or ocean. Tributaries and the main stem river drain the surrounding drainage basin of its surface water and groundwater, leading the water out into an ocean.

Allegheny River river in western Pennsylvania and New York, United States

The Allegheny River is a 325-mile (523 km) long headwater stream of the Ohio River in western Pennsylvania and New York, United States. The Allegheny River runs from its headwaters just below the middle of Pennsylvania's northern border northwesterly into New York then in a zigzag southwesterly across the border and through Western Pennsylvania to join the Monongahela River at the Forks of the Ohio on the "Point" of Point State Park in Downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Allegheny River is, by volume, the main headstream of both the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. Historically, the Allegheny was considered to be the upper Ohio River by both Native Americans and European settlers.

Allegheny County, Pennsylvania County in the United States

Allegheny County is a county in the southwest of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2017 the population was 1,223,048, making it the state's second-most populous county, following Philadelphia County. The county seat is Pittsburgh. Allegheny County is included in the Pittsburgh, PA Metropolitan Statistical Area, and in the Pittsburgh Designated Market Area.

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Course

Plum Creek rises within the grounds of Boyce Park in Plum, Pennsylvania; it flows west forming part of the boundary with Penn Hills. The stream joins the Allegheny River in both Oakmont and Verona boroughs.

Boyce Park is a 1,096-acre (4.44 km2) county park lying mostly in the Borough of Plum, in eastern Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is a part of the county's 12,000-acre (49 km2) network of nine distinct parks. Its southernmost reaches also extend into neighboring Monroeville.

Plum, Pennsylvania Borough in Pennsylvania, United States

Plum is a borough in Allegheny County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. A suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, it is located northeast of the city of Pittsburgh, in what is commonly referred to as the East Hills suburbs. The population was 27,126 at the 2010 census.

Penn Hills Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania Township with home rule in Pennsylvania, United States

Penn Hills is a township with home rule status in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population as of the 2010 census was 42,329. Penn Hills is the second-largest municipality in Allegheny County, after the city of Pittsburgh.

Tributaries

(Mouth at the Allegheny River)

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References

  1. ↑ "Plum Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2010-12-11.
  2. ↑ Porter, Thomas J. Jr. (May 10, 1984). "Town names carry a little bit of history". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 1. Retrieved 26 May 2015.
  3. ↑ "Bodies Run". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2010-12-11.
  4. ↑ "Little Plum Creek". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey . Retrieved 2010-12-11.
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