Pithole Creek
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{{Infobox river
| name = Pithole Creek
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| name_other = Tributary to Allegheny River
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| image = Pithole Stone Arch Bridge.jpg
| image_caption = Pithole Creek at the Pithole Stone Arch Bridge
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| map_size = 300
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| pushpin_map = USA Pennsylvania
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| pushpin_map_caption= Location of the mouth of Pithole Creek in Pennsylvania
| subdivision_type1 = Country
| subdivision_name1 = United States
| subdivision_type2 = State
| subdivision_name2 = Pennsylvania
| subdivision_type3 = Counties
| subdivision_name3 = Forest, Venango
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| length = {{convert|17.1|mi|km|abbr=on}}
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| discharge1_location= Allegheny River
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| discharge1_avg = {{convert|74.06|cuft/s|m3/s|abbr=on}} at mouth with Allegheny River{{cite web |title=Pithole Creek Watershed Report |url=https://watersgeo.epa.gov/watershedreport/?comid=10222118 |website=US EPA Geoviewer |publisher=US EPA |access-date=11 January 2021}}
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| source1 =
| source1_location = Stewart Run, Forest County, Pennsylvania
| source1_coordinates= {{coord|41|37|20|N|79|29|38|W|display=inline}}
| source1_elevation = {{convert|1720|ft|abbr=on}}{{cite book |last=Shaw |first=L. C. |author2=W. F. Busch |others=Prepared in Cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior Geological Survey |title=Pennsylvania Gazetteer of Streams, Part II |publisher=Pennsylvania Department of Forest and Waters |location=Harrisburg, PA |date=June 1984 |series=Water Resources Bulletin |volume=16}}
| mouth = Allegheny River
| mouth_location = Oleopolis, Venango County, Pennsylvania
| mouth_coordinates = {{coord|41|27|23|N|79|36|35|W|display=inline,title}}{{cite web |title=Pithole Creek |date=August 2, 1979 |publisher=Geographic Names Information System |accessdate=February 13, 2009 |url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1209897}}
| mouth_elevation = {{convert|1010|ft|abbr=on}}
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| basin_size = {{convert|41.8|sqmi|abbr=on}}
| tributaries_left = Simmons Run
| tributaries_right = Woodcock Run
Schoolhouse Run
W Pithole Creek
Allender Run
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Pithole Creek is a {{convert|17.1|mi|adj=on}} tributary of the Allegheny River in Northwest Pennsylvania in the United States.Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. {{ISBN|0-9749692-0-6}} It has a drainage area of {{convert|41.8|sqmi}}.
Pithole Creek joins the Allegheny River approximately {{convert|0.5|mi}} upstream of Oleopolis.
See also
References
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Category:Rivers of Pennsylvania
Category:Tributaries of the Allegheny River
Category:Rivers of Forest County, Pennsylvania
Category:Rivers of Venango County, Pennsylvania
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