Turtle Creek Watershed

Turtle Creek Watershed

According to the Turtle Creek Watershed Association, "The Turtle Creek watershed is situated in western Westmoreland County and eastern Allegheny County in southwestern Pennsylvania. Sixty-six percent of the watershed is situated in Westmoreland County, 34 percent in Allegheny County. Turtle Creek flows west from its source in Delmont, Westmoreland County to its mouth where it enters the Monongahela River in North Versailles Township, Allegheny County. The watershed drains a catchment area of convert|147.41|sqmi|km2|2 that includes forest, farmland, industry, abandoned mined lands, urban, and suburban residential communities. 33 municipalities are located within the Turtle Creek watershed. The lower watershed lies between a heavily urbanized area between the cities of Pittsburgh and McKeesport."

Subwatersheds include the following (according to the Turtle Creek Watershed Association):

*Abers Creek convert|10.64|sqmi|km2|2
*Ardmore Run convert|3.16|sqmi|km2|2
*Lower Brush Creek convert|17.43|sqmi|km2|2
*Upper Brush Creek convert|26.13|sqmi|km2|2
*Bushy Run convert|13.94|sqmi|km2|2
*Dirty Camp Run convert|3.23|sqmi|km2|2
*Haymaker Run convert|10.97|sqmi|km2|2
*Lyons Run convert|8.78|sqmi|km2|2
*Sawmill Run convert|2.02|sqmi|km2|2
*Steel's Run convert|4.81|sqmi|km2|2
*Thompson Run convert|15.87|sqmi|km2|2
*Lower Turtle Creek convert|10.02|sqmi|km2|2
*Middle Turtle Creek convert|7.43|sqmi|km2|2
*Upper Turtle Creek convert|12.98|sqmi|km2|2.

ource

Taken directly from [http://www.turtlecreekwatershed.org/newsletters/fall2000.html Turtle Tracks, Fall 2000] . The Turtle Creek Watershed Association.

External links

You can access more information about the Turtle Creek watershed at [http://www.tcwa.org]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем сделать НИР

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Watershed district — Watershed districts are special government entities in the U.S. state of Minnesota that monitor and regulate the use of water in watersheds surrounding various lakes and rivers in the state. The districts cover the natural regions of the… …   Wikipedia

  • Turtle Island Restoration Network — (TIRN) is a United States 501(c)(3) non profit organization founded in 1999 whose mission is: To take swift and decisive action to protect and restore marine species and their habitats and to inspire people in communities all over the world to… …   Wikipedia

  • List of watershed topics — This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. See also: Drainage system (geomorphology) This list embraces topographical watersheds and drainage basins and other topics focused on them. Contents 1 Terms different uses …   Wikipedia

  • SPAWN (Salmon Protection and Watershed Network) — SPAWN the Salmon Protection and Watershed Network, is a project of the Turtle Island Restoration Network (TIRN), a United States 501(c)(3) nonprofit environmental organization.SPAWN states their mission as “working to protect endangered salmon in …   Wikipedia

  • White Deer Hole Creek — Geobox River name = White Deer Hole Creek native name = other name = other name1 = image size = 300 image caption = White Deer Hole Creek near the Fourth Gap of South White Deer Ridge etymology = Lenape language Woap achtu woalhen country =… …   Wikipedia

  • Coon Creek (Kishwaukee River) — Coon Creek is a 28.1 mile long (45.2 km)[1] tributary of the Kishwaukee River in northern Illinois.[2] Contents 1 Course 2 Description 3 …   Wikipedia

  • White Clay Creek — Geobox River name = White Clay Creek native name = other name = other name1 = image size = image caption = White Clay Creek running through Newark, Delaware country = United States country1 = state = Pennsylvania state1 = Delaware region type =… …   Wikipedia

  • Painted turtle — This article is about the North American turtle. For the summer camp, see The Painted Turtle. Painted turtle Temporal range: 15–0 Ma …   Wikipedia

  • Hinebaugh Creek — Geobox|River name = Hinebaugh Creek native name = other name = category = stream etymology = nickname = image caption = Hinebaugh Creek after a storm. country = United States state = California region = Sonoma County district = municipality =… …   Wikipedia

  • Petitcodiac River — Petitcodiac River …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”