Peters Creek (Pennsylvania)
| Peters Creek Tributary to Monongahela River | |
|---|---|
Location of Peters Creek mouth Peters Creek (Pennsylvania) (the United States) | |
| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Pennsylvania |
| County | Allegheny Washington |
| Borough | Clairton |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | Little Chartiers Creek divide |
| • location | Thomas, Pennsylvania |
| • coordinates | 40°14′08″N 080°05′52″W / 40.23556°N 80.09778°W |
| • elevation | 1,200 ft (370 m) |
| Mouth | Monongahela River |
• location | Clairton, Pennsylvania |
• coordinates | 40°18′34″N 079°52′52″W / 40.30944°N 79.88111°W |
• elevation | 719 ft (219 m) |
| Length | 16.16 mi (26.01 km) |
| Basin size | 51.44 square miles (133.2 km2) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | Monongahela River |
| • average | 54.41 cu ft/s (1.541 m3/s) at mouth with Monongahela River |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | northeast |
| River system | Monongahela River |
| Tributaries | |
| • left | Piney Fork Lick Run Beam Run Lewis Run |
Peters Creek is a 16.8-mile-long (27.0 km) tributary of the Monongahela River and part of the Ohio River and Mississippi River watersheds, flowing through southwestern Pennsylvania in the United States.