Onondaga Creek

River in New York, United States

Onondaga Creek

Onondaga Creek (2016)

Onondaga Creek watershed

Location of the mouth in New York

Location
Country| United States
State| New York
County| Onondaga County, New York
Physical characteristics
Source|
• location| Vesper
Mouth| Onondaga Lake

• location

| Syracuse

• coordinates

| 43°4′4″N 76°10′41″W﻿ / ﻿43.06778°N 76.17806°W﻿ / 43.06778; -76.17806
Length| 27.2 mi (43.8 km)[1]
Basin size| 111 sq mi (290 km2)[1]
Discharge|
• location| Syracuse[2]
• average| 183 cu ft/s (5.2 m3/s)[2]
• minimum| 23 cu ft/s (0.65 m3/s)
• maximum| 2,040 cu ft/s (58 m3/s)

Onondaga Creek is a major tributary of Onondaga Lake which is located in Onondaga County, New York. The headwaters of the creek originate 27 miles (43 km) south of the city of Syracuse near the hamlet of Vesper, in the town of Tully, New York. The creek flows north through the Tully Valley and through the city of Syracuse where it empties into Onondaga Lake.[3]

The major tributaries of Onondaga Creek are the West Branch of Onondaga Creek, Hemlock Creek and Rattlesnake Gulf.[3][4]

## History

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Onondaga Creek at Fayette Street about 1885

In the late 1940s, the Army Corps of Engineers built a flood control dam and reservoir within the Onondaga Nation Reservation for the purpose of regulating the peak flow that reaches the city of Syracuse. The structure influences the creek's flow pattern only in the event of a large runoff when a portion of very high flow is stored in the reservoir and later released back into the creek when the water recedes.[3]

## See also

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* List of rivers of New York
* Onondaga Creekwalk

## References

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1. ^ a b "Onondaga Creek Fact Sheet" (PDF). Onondaga Nation. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
2. ^ a b "USGS Gage #04240010 on Onondaga Creek at Spencer Street, Syracuse, NY" (PDF). National Water Information System. U.S. Geological Survey. 1970–2013. Retrieved 2014-11-04.
3. ^ a b c "System Description: Onondaga Creek". OurLake, 2009. Retrieved November 6, 2011.
4. ^ Currie, S., Firstenberg, M., Geartz, G., Jeffords, B., Kreider, T. & Nodine, D. "Onondaga Creek Restoration Project Report: Trolley Lot Restoration Conceptual Design" (PDF). Onondaga Environmental Institute, 10 December 2009. Retrieved 12 May 2016.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

## External links

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* Media related to Onondaga Creek at Wikimedia Commons

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* VIAF

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