Laurel Hill Creek

Stream in Pennsylvania, USA

Laurel Hill Creek

Tributary to Casselman River

Location of Laurel Hill Creek mouth

Location
Country| United States
State| Pennsylvania
County| Somerset
Physical characteristics
Source| divide between Laurel Hill Creek and Casselman River
• location| about 0.5 miles east of Indiantown, Pennsylvania[2]
• coordinates| 40°00′13″N 079°12′16″W﻿ / ﻿40.00361°N 79.20444°W﻿ / 40.00361; -79.20444[1]
• elevation| 2,200 ft (670 m)[2]
Mouth| Casselman River

• location

| Confluence, Pennsylvania[2]

• coordinates

| 39°48′53″N 079°21′42″W﻿ / ﻿39.81472°N 79.36167°W﻿ / 39.81472; -79.36167[1]

• elevation

| 1,330 ft (410 m)[2]
Length| 39.9 mi (64.2 km)[3]
Basin size| 125.09 square miles (324.0 km2)[4]
Discharge|
• location| Casselman River
• average| 283.58 cu ft/s (8.030 m3/s) at mouth with Casselman River[4]
Basin features
Progression| southwest
River system| Youghiogheny River
Tributaries|
• left| Lost Creek
Mose King Run
May Run
Smith Hollow
Paddytown Hollow
• right| Crab Run
Clear Run
Shanks Run
Shafer Run
Gross Run
Crise Run
Jones Mill Run
Crab Run
Allen Creek
Fall Creek
Whipkey Run
Glade Run
Waterbodies| Laurel Hill Lake

Laurel Hill Creek is a 39.9-mile-long (64.2 km)[5] tributary of the Casselman River that is located in Somerset County, Pennsylvania, in the United States.[6] It is part of the Youghiogheny River watershed, flowing to the Monongahela River, the Ohio River, and ultimately the Mississippi River.

It is responsible for draining 126 square miles of the 576 square miles drained by the Casselman River.[7]

## Geography

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Laurel Hill Creek drains the east slope of Laurel Hill in the Laurel Highlands and flows to the appropriately named community of Confluence, where it joins the Casselman River a few yards above the Youghiogheny.[6] It begins in Jefferson Township, with tributaries such as Crab Run, Clear Run, Shanks Run, Shafer Run, Moore Run, Kooser Run, Gross Run, Crise Run, Buck Run, and Jones Mill Run joining its stream, and then flows through Middlecreek Township, with tributaries such as Allen Creek, Garys Run, Blue Hole Creek, Cole Run, Showman Run, Fall Creek, and Lost Creek joining it.

The creek continues through Upper Turkeyfoot Township, with tributaries such as Green King Run / Whipkey Run, Mud Lick Run / Mose King Run, and Sandy Run adding to its flow. Laurel Hill Creek finally passes through Lower Turkeyfoot Township, with tributaries such as Cranberry Glade Run, May Run, and Licking Run joining it before it enters the Casselman River in Confluence, just before the Casselman River flows into the Youghiogheny River.

Laurel Hill Creek was listed at #7 on American Rivers' "Most Endangered Rivers" list for 2009.[8]

## Bridges

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Barronvale Bridge, King's Bridge and Lower Humbert Covered Bridge cross Laurel Hill Creek.[9][10]

## See also

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* List of rivers of Pennsylvania

## References

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1. ^ a b "GNIS Detail - Laurel Hill Creek". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
2. ^ a b c d "Laurel Hill Creek Topo Map, Somerset County PA (Confluence Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
3. ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
4. ^ a b "Laurel Hill Creek Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 30 July 2019.
5. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 15, 2011
6. ^ a b Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
7. ^ Survey Report: Youghiogheny River Watershed: Program for Runoff and Waterflow Retardation and Soil Erosion Prevention. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture. 1951. p. 1 of App. A. Retrieved June 17, 2020.
8. ^ "The Endangered Laurel Hill Creek". Archived from the original on 2009-04-12. Retrieved 2009-04-07.
9. ^ "National Historic Landmarks & National Register of Historic Places in Pennsylvania" (Searchable database). CRGIS: Cultural Resources Geographic Information System. Note: This includes Herb Berman and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Covered Bridges of Somerset County Thematic Resources (Barronvale Bridge)" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08. and Herb Berman and Susan M. Zacher (n.d.). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory Nomination Form: Covered Bridges of Somerset County Thematic Resources (King's Bridge)" (PDF). Retrieved 2011-12-08.
10. ^ Federal Highway Administration (2007). "Place Name: Lower Turkeyfoot(Township of), Pennsylvania; NBI Structure Number: 557213031230350; Facility Carried: T-390, Covered Bridge Rd; Feature Intersected: Laurel Hill Creek". Nationalbridges.com (Alexander Svirsky). Retrieved April 15, 2009.[permanent dead link‍] Note: this is a formatted scrape of the 2006 official website, which can be found here for Pennsylvania: "PA06.txt". Federal Highway Administration. 2006. Retrieved April 15, 2009.

## External links

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* U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations
* Laurel Hill Creek resources and information