Fades Creek
| Fades Creek | |
|---|---|
Fades Creek looking upstream from Pennsylvania Route 118 | |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | valley at the base of a hill in Lake Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |
| • elevation | between 1,340 and 1,360 feet (410 and 410 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Pikes Creek in Lake Township, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 41°18′09″N 76°05′37″W / 41.30253°N 76.09366°W |
• elevation | between 1,120 and 1,140 feet (340 and 350 m) |
| Length | 3.2 mi (5.1 km) |
| Basin size | 2.07 mi2 (5.4 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • average | 424 cu ft/s (12.0 m3/s) peak annual discharge at mouth (10% probability) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Pikes Creek → Harveys Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | one unnamed tributary |
Fades Creek is a tributary of Pikes Creek in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 3.2 miles (5.1 km) long and flows through Lake Township. The watershed of the creek has an area of 2.07 square miles (5.4 km2). It has one unnamed tributary and is designated as a High-Quality Coldwater Fishery and Class A Wild Trout Waters for part of its length. The creek is crossed by a pipeline and a bridge carrying Pennsylvania Route 118. Wisconsinan Ice-Intact Stratified Drift, alluvium, Wisconsinan Till, Wisconsinan Bouldery Till, and bedrock consisting of sandstone and shale all occur in the surficial geology in the creek's vicinity.