Conneaut Creek /ˈkɒni.ɒt/ is a 43.5-mile (70.0 km) tributary of Lake Erie in northwestern Pennsylvania and northeastern Ohio in the United States.[4] Via Lake Erie, the Niagara River and Lake Ontario, it is part of the watershed of the St. Lawrence River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.
Conneaut Creek | |
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![]() Mouth of Conneaut Creek on Lake Erie at Conneaut, Ohio | |
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Location | |
Country | United States |
State | Ohio, Pennsylvania |
Counties | Ashtabula, Erie, Crawford |
Physical characteristics | |
Source | |
• location | Linesville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°40′41″N 80°23′19″W[1] |
• elevation | 1,273 ft (388 m)[2] |
Mouth | Lake Erie |
• location | Conneaut, Ohio |
• coordinates | 41°58′11″N 80°32′53″W[1] |
• elevation | 768 ft (234 m)[2] |
Length | 43.5 mi (70.0 km)[2] |
Basin size | 152 sq mi (390 km2)[2] |
Discharge | |
• location | mouth |
• average | 323.46 cu ft/s (9.159 m3/s) (estimate)[3] |
Basin features | |
Tributaries | |
• left | West Branch Conneaut Creek |
• right | East Branch Conneaut Creek |
Conneaut Creek rises in western Crawford County, Pennsylvania, and initially flows north-northwestwardly past Conneautville into western Erie County. Near Albion, it turns to the west-southwest and roughly parallels the shoreline of Lake Erie for some length, at a distance of about 5 mi (8 km) inland, into northeastern Ashtabula County, Ohio, where, at Kingsville, it turns to the northeast to flow into Lake Erie at the city of Conneaut.[5][6]
According to the Geographic Names Information System, Conneaut Creek has also been known historically as:[1]
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