Bailey Brook (West Branch French Creek tributary)
| Bailey Brook Tributary to West Branch French Creek | |
|---|---|
  Location of Bailey Brook mouth  Bailey Brook (West Branch French Creek tributary) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Erie |
| Township | Venango |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | divide between Bailey Brook and French Creek |
| • location | about 3 miles southeast of Little Hope, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 42°03′48″N 079°46′34″W / 42.06333°N 79.77611°W[1] |
| • elevation | 1,660 ft (510 m)[2] |
| Mouth | West Branch French Creek |
• location | about 0.5 miles north of Lowville, Pennsylvania[2] |
• coordinates | 42°02′01″N 079°49′40″W / 42.03361°N 79.82778°W[1] |
• elevation | 1,296 ft (395 m)[1] |
| Length | 4.39 mi (7.07 km)[3] |
| Basin size | 4.63 square miles (12.0 km2)[4] |
| Discharge | |
| • location | West Branch French Creek |
| • average | 9.14 cu ft/s (0.259 m3/s) at mouth with West Branch French Creek[4] |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | West Branch French Creek → French Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico |
| River system | Allegheny River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | unnamed tributaries |
| • right | unnamed tributaries |
| Bridges | Kimball Road (x2) and PA 89 |
Bailey Brook is a 4.39 mi (7.07 km) long tributary to West Branch French Creek that is classed as a 1st order stream on the EPA waters geoviewer site.[3]
Course
[edit]Bailey Brook rises in Venango Township of eastern Erie County, Pennsylvania and then flows southwest to meet West Branch French Creek near Lowville.
Watershed
[edit]Bailey Brook drains 4.63 square miles (12.0 km2) of Erie Drift Plain (glacial geology). The watershed receives an average of 46.6 in/year of precipitation and has a wetness index of 423.76.[5] The watershed is about 54% forested.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "GNIS Detail - Bailey Brook". geonames.usgs.gov. US Geological Survey. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ a b "West Branch French Creek Topo Map, Erie County PA (Union City Area)". TopoZone. Locality, LLC. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ a b "ArcGIS Web Application". epa.maps.arcgis.com. US EPA. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ a b c "Bailey Brook Watershed Report". Waters Geoviewer. US EPA. Retrieved 21 September 2019.
- ^ "ArcGIS Web Application". enviroatlas.epa.gov. US EPA. Retrieved 6 July 2019.