Raccoon Creek Tributary to Ohio River | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Pennsylvania |
Counties | Beaver County Washington County, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | divide between Raccoon Creek and Chartiers Creek [1] |
• location | Hickory, Pennsylvania [2] |
• coordinates | 40°18′15″N080°19′21″W / 40.30417°N 80.32250°W [3] |
• elevation | 1,200 ft (370 m) [4] |
Mouth | Ohio River |
• location | Ohioview, Pennsylvania [5] |
• coordinates | 40°39′46″N080°21′04″W / 40.66278°N 80.35111°W Coordinates: 40°39′46″N080°21′04″W / 40.66278°N 80.35111°W [6] |
• elevation | 700 ft (210 m) |
Length | 47.7 mi (76.8 km) [7] |
Basin size | 477.21 square kilometres (184.25 sq mi) [8] |
Discharge | |
• location | Ohio River |
• average | 204.08 cu ft/s (5.779 m3/s) at mouth with Ohio River [9] |
Basin features | |
Progression | north |
River system | Ohio River |
Tributaries | |
• left | Burgetts Fork Brush Run Wingfield Run Traverse Creek Little Traverse Creek Frames Run Gum Run Fishpot Run |
• right | Cherry Run Little Raccoon Run Chamberlain Run Potato Garden Run Rareden Run |
Waterbodies | Cherry Valley Reservoir |
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