researched and compiled by Carrie Birdsong
Source:
Location: Base of a mountain in White Deer
Township, Union County, PA.
Elevation: between 800 and 820 feet (240
and 250 m).
Mouth:
1. Location: Buffalo Creek in Kelly
Township, Union County, PA.
2. Elevation: 456 feet (139 m).
3. Length: 10 miles (16 km).
4. Basin Size: 19.0 sq mi (49 km2).
5. Progression: Buffalo Creek à West
Branch Susquehanna River
à Susquehanna River à
Chesapeake Bay.
Little Buffalo Creek is a tributary of Buffalo Creek in Union County, Pennsylvania. The creek is approximately 10 miles (16 km) long and flows through White Deer Township and Kelly Township. The watershed of the creek has an area of 19.0 square miles. The creek is impacted by nutrients, sediment, E. coli, and thermal radiation. Several rock formations containing sandstone, shale, and limestone occur in the watershed.
Most of Little Buffalo’s Creek watershed is on forested or agricultural land, but there are other uses of the land as well. Several bridges have been built over the creek. The creek’s drainage basin is designated as a Coldwater Fishery and a Migratory Fishery and wild trout naturally reproduce within reach of it, also American eels have been released into the creek.
Beginning at the base of a mountain in White Deer Township, it flows south for a short distance before turning east-northeast and then east-southeast. Several tenths of a mile downstream, the creek turns east-northeast for several miles before turning south-southeast. After a few tenths of a mile, it turns south and enters Kelly Township. After continuing south before meandering east for almost a mile, it turns south again for a short distance, before turning southwest. It then turns south-southeast, then east-northeast, before turning southwest. Several tenths of a mile downstream, it reaches its confluence with Buffalo Creek.
The elevation near the mouth of Little Buffalo Creek is 456 feet (139 m) above sea level. The elevation of the creek's source is between 800 and 820 feet (240 and 250 m) above sea level.
There are 0.6 miles (0.97 km) of fencing and 0.0 miles (0 km) of stabilization along streams in the watershed of Little Buffalo Creek. There are also significant flood-prone areas along the creek, which, during a flood, could make access to emergency services in western Kelly Township difficult. There are some floodplain areas along the creek and its tributaries.
Little Buffalo Creek cuts through the Buffalo Mountain Anticlinal. Additionally, the Milton Anticlinal is located near the creek.
Outcroppings of the Ore sandstone are visible at the Buffalo Mountain Anticlinal on Little Buffalo Creek. Shales of the Bloomsburg Formation also occur in the watershed of the creek. Additionally, limestone of the Lower Helderberg Formation occurs near the creek.
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