Indian Creek (Youghiogheny River tributary)

Indian Creek is a 31.0-mile-long (49.9 km)^[5] tributary of the Youghiogheny River in Fayette County, Pennsylvania in the United States.^[6][7]

Indian Creek Tributary to Youghiogheny River
Location of Indian Creek mouth Show map of Pennsylvania Indian Creek (Youghiogheny River tributary) (the United States) Show map of the United States
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Fayette Westmoreland
Physical characteristics
Source	Shafer Run and Loyalhanna Creek divide
• location	about 5 miles southeast of Kregar, Pennsylvania[1]
• coordinates	40°06′24″N 079°13′38″W[2]
• elevation	2,560 ft (780 m)[1]
Mouth	Youghiogheny River
• location	Indian Creek, Pennsylvania[1]
• coordinates	39°58′05″N 079°30′46″W[2]
• elevation	945 ft (288 m)[2]
Length	29.55 mi (47.56 km)[3]
Basin size	124.88 square miles (323.4 km2)[4]
Discharge
• location	Youghiogheny River
• average	228.94 cu ft/s (6.483 m3/s) at mouth with Youghiogheny River[4]
Basin features
Progression	generally southwest
River system	Monongahela River
Tributaries
• left	Little Run Camp Run Roaring Run Back Creek Laurel Run Mill Run
• right	Champion Creek Wash Run Poplar Run Rasler Run Richter Run Tates Run
Waterbodies	Mill Run Reservoir

Indian Creek drains the west slope of Laurel Hill in the Laurel Highlands and cuts a steep side canyon into the Youghiogheny Gorge to join the Youghiogheny River between Ohiopyle and Connellsville.^[7]

See also

• List of rivers of Pennsylvania