Anderson Creek (Pennsylvania)
| Anderson Creek Tributary to West Branch Susquehanna River | |
|---|---|
Brown Springs, Moshannon State Forest, Union Township, Clearfield County, PA | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Clearfield |
| Borough | Curwensville |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Stony Fork divide |
| • location | about 1.5 miles southeast of Anderson Creek, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 41°07′37″N 78°31′59″W / 41.12694°N 78.53306°W |
| • elevation | 2,080 ft (630 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Curwensville, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°58′19″N 78°31′13″W / 40.97194°N 78.52028°W |
• elevation | 1,132 ft (345 m) |
| Length | 22.92 mi (36.89 km) |
| Basin size | 77.71 square miles (201.3 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | West Branch Susquehanna River |
| • average | 133.40 cu ft/s (3.777 m3/s) at mouth with West Branch Susquehanna River |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | West Branch Susquehanna River → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean |
| River system | Susquehanna River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Stony Run Blanchard Run Montgomery Run Panther Run Irvin Branch Bear Run |
| • right | Dressler Run Little Anderson Creek Kratzer Run |
| Waterbodies | Du Bois Reservoir |
| Bridges | Fern Wood Road, Twin Oaks Road, PA 153, Dave Long Street, Gordon Road, I-80, Rockton Mountain Highway, Brown Springs Lane, Bridgeport Road, PA 879, Windy Hill Road, PA 453, River Street |
Anderson Creek is a 23.6-mile-long (38.0 km) tributary of the West Branch Susquehanna River in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, United States.
The upstream portion of the Anderson Creek Watershed is a PA DCNR Conservation Area, and falls from Rockton Mountain, along Interstate I-80 in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania. Anderson Creek is classified as a Class II-III+ whitewater stream and defines the Eastern Continental Divide. Brown Springs, in the Moshannon State Forest, near Rockton, Pennsylvania, is a put-in for kayaking to the West Branch Susquehanna River at Bridgeport, Pennsylvania. The vertical drop of Anderson Creek is 1450 ft. to 1175 ft. "Anderson is a stream of considerable size, and in a region not so well supplied with raftable waters as this, might be well classed among rivers."