Nowadaga Creek
| Nowadaga Creek | |
|---|---|
Nowadaga Creek with tributary waterfall in background | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | New York |
| Region | Central New York |
| County | Herkimer |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | North-northeast of Paines Hollow |
| • coordinates | 42°58′33″N 74°53′09″W / 42.9759045°N 74.8857073°W |
| • elevation | 558 ft (170 m) |
| Mouth | Erie Canal |
• location | Indian Castle |
• coordinates | 43°00′35″N 74°46′25″W / 43.0097934°N 74.7734812°W |
• elevation | 325 ft (99 m) |
| Basin size | 31.4 sq mi (81 km2) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Nowadaga Creek → Erie Canal → Mohawk River → Hudson River → Upper New York Bay |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Ohisa Creek |
Nowadaga Creek is a river in Herkimer County in the state of New York. The basin drains portions of the towns of Danube, Stark, and Little Falls, as well as a small portion of the town of Warren, in southern Herkimer County before converging with the Erie Canal in Indian Castle, New York. The drainage basin is approximately 49 percent forested. The creek has an average slope of 1.7 percent over its entire stream length of 10.0 miles. On a 1790 land patent map it is spelled "Inchanando Creek".