Tenmile Creek is a stream in Washington and Greene Counties, Pennsylvania, USA.[5] It is a tributary of the Monongahela River.

Tenmile Creek Tributary to Monongahela River
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Location
Country	United States of America
State	Pennsylvania
County	Greene Washington
Physical characteristics
Source	divide between Tenmile Creek and Chartiers Creek
• location	about 2 miles west of Lagonda, Pennsylvania
• coordinates	40°07′01″N 080°19′25″W[1]
• elevation	1,290 ft (390 m)[2]
Mouth	Monongahela River
• location	Millsboro, Pennsylvania
• coordinates	39°59′04″N 079°59′57″W[1]
• elevation	763 ft (233 m)[2]
Length	35.15 mi (56.57 km)[3]
Basin size	337.91 square miles (875.2 km2)[4]
Discharge
• average	379.77 cu ft/s (10.754 m3/s) at mouth with Monongahela River[4]
Basin features
Progression	southeast
River system	Monongahela River
Tributaries
• left	Bane Creek Montgomery Run Smith Run Little Tenmile Creek Horn Run Daniels Run Plum Run Black Hollow
• right	Crafts Creek Short Creek Hufford Run Patterson Run Barrs Run South Fork Tenmile Creek

Tenmile Creek was so named on account of frequent branches, occurring about every 10 miles (16 km).[6]

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:[1]

• Ten Mile Creek
• Ten-Mile Creek

Tributaries

The major tributary of Tenmile Creek is South Fork Tenmile Creek, which rises in western Greene County and flows generally east entering Tenmile Creek at Clarksville, Pennsylvania. The watershed is roughly 24% agricultural, 68% forested and the rest is other uses.[7]

South Fork Tenmile Creek has a number of smaller tributaries, including Grimes Run on the left, which rises in central Greene County and flows southeast entering South Fork Tenmile Creek northeast of Morrisville, Pennsylvania. The watershed is roughly 15% agricultural, 74% forested and the rest is other uses.[8]

See also

• List of rivers of Pennsylvania

References