Lycoming Creek
41°13′44″N 77°2′26″W / 41.22889°N 77.04056°W
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Lycoming Creek | |
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Location | |
Country | Pennsylvania, United States |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | near McNett Township, Lycoming County |
• elevation | 2,161 feet (659 m) |
Mouth | |
• location | West Branch Susquehanna River, at Williamsport |
Length | 37.5 miles (60.4 km) |
Basin size | 272 square miles (700 km2) |
Lycoming Creek is a 37.5-mile-long (60.4 km)[1] tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River located in Tioga and Lycoming counties in Pennsylvania in the United States.
Geography
As the crow flies, Lycoming County is about 130 miles (209 km) northwest of Philadelphia and 165 miles (266 km) east-northeast of Pittsburgh. Lycoming Creek has its river source in Tioga County and is 25 miles (40 km) in length from the Tioga County / Lycoming County line to its confluence with the West Branch Susquehanna River at Williamsport. Smaller streams feeding Lycoming Creek include Pleasant Stream, Grays Run, Roaring Branch, Hoagland Run, and Trout Run.
Watershed
Approximately 81.5% of the Lycoming Creek
Recreation
Lycoming Creek is a popular site for
History
Lycoming Creek, which begins in McNett Township, served as a highway of sorts during the colonial era of Pennsylvania's history. The local Lenape (Delaware) people called it Legani-hanne, meaning "sandy stream" - the name was later rendered by Europeans as Lycaumick and then Lycoming.[2] The stream was used by early explorers and the Native Americans in the area as a means of travel. They were able to float their canoes down the creek and into the West Branch Susquehanna River. This mode of transportation was considerably faster than walking the path.
In 1839, the
There was severe flooding on Lycoming Creek on January 19 and 20, 1996, when a combination of heavy snow on the ground, heavy rains and subsequent melting, and ice dams led to flooding two feet higher than that seen in 1972 with Hurricane Agnes. Six people died as a result of flooding on Lycoming Creek in the greater Williamsport area, and there was millions of dollars of damage to property.[4]
See also
External links
General reference
- ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 8, 2011
- ISBN 9781611483710.
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- ^ "Statewide Floods in Pennsylvania, January 1996". United States Geological Survey. April 10, 1996. Retrieved 24 November 2008.
- Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection 2001 Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams[permanent dead link]
- Lycoming County Watersheds Map
- Official Lycoming County Map showing all townships, villages, boroughs, cities, county roads, rivers, creeks, and some streams
Lycoming Creek
- Pennsylvania Game and Fish Commission description of Lycoming Creek
- Chesapeake Bay Program page on Lycoming Creek Watershed
- USGSReal Time Water Data for Lycoming Creek:
- Lycoming County Stream Gauge Data for Lycoming Creek:
- Information on the 1996 floods from the USGS