Twentymile Creek (Lake Erie tributary)
Twentymile Creek is a tributary of Lake Erie in Chautauqua County, New York and Erie County, Pennsylvania in the United States.[5]
| Twentymile Creek Tributary to Lake Erie | |
|---|---|
  Location of Twentymile Creek mouth  Twentymile Creek (Lake Erie tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania New York |
| Counties | Erie (PA) Chautauqua (NY) |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Twentymile Creek and Chautauqua Creek |
| • location | about 3 miles northeast of Sheldon Corners, NY[1] |
| • coordinates | 42°12′53″N 079°38′33″W[2] |
| • elevation | 1,580 ft (480 m)[1] |
| Mouth | Lake Erie |
• location | about 4 miles northeast of Northeast, Pennsylvania near Orchard Beach[1] |
• coordinates | 42°15′47″N 079°47′04″W[2] |
• elevation | 574 ft (175 m)[2] |
| Length | 17.75 mi (28.57 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 34.81 square miles (90.2 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Lake Erie |
| • average | 76.99 cu ft/s (2.180 m3/s) at mouth with Lake Erie[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | northwest |
| River system | Lake Erie |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | Belson Creek |
Twentymile Creek joins Lake Erie near the community of Orchard Beach, Pennsylvania.[5]
Twentymile Creek is considered the largest stream on the eastern portion of the City of Erie. It is stocked annually with steelhead and trout by the Pennsylvania Fish Commission. Twentymile Creek is an approved trout water, so its fishing can be good throughout the year. Steelhead run into Twentymile all the way to New York, but not many anglers venture up that far to fish. New York State has undertaken efforts to stock brown trout in the upper reaches of Twentymile as well. The brown trout migrate out into Lake Erie and return to spawn. Access points along Route 20 are posted.
References
- "Twentymile Creek Topo Map, Erie County PA (North East OE N Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "GNIS Detail - Twentymile Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- "Twentymile Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 17 September 2019.
- Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6