Photo Credit: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Branch_Buffalo_Creek
Researched and compiled by Carrie Birdsong
Source:
1. Location: wetland in Haines Township,
Centre County, PA.
2. Elevation: between 1,720 and 1,740 feet
(520 and 530 m).
Mouth:
5. Location: Buffalo Creek in West Buffalo
Township, Union County, PA.
Elevation: 531 feet (162 m).
Length: 13.5 miles (21.7 km).
Basin Size: 22.9 square miles (59 km2)
Progression: Buffalo Creek à West Branch
Susquehanna River à Susquehanna
River à Chesapeake Bay.
Tributaries:
1. Left: Panther Run.
2. Right: Coal Run.
The North Branch Buffalo Creek is a tributary of Buffalo Creek in Centre and Union Counties in Pennsylvania. Approximately 13.5 miles long, it flows through Haines Township in Centre County and Hartley, Lewis, and West Buffalo Townships. The watershed of this creek has an area of 22.9 square miles and has two named tributaries that are: Panther Run and Coal Run.
Beginning in a wetland in Haines Township, Centre County, it flows east-northeast for almost a mile through a deep, narrow valley before exiting Haines Township and Centre County. Once exiting Centre County, the creek enters Hartley Township, Union County, and continues northeast for a few miles. The creek then flows between Buck Ridge and Dogback Mountain before turning south-southeast for almost a mile. During this near mile of flow, it receives Panther Run, its first named tributary, from the left. Also passing Ice Spring and the western edge of Jones Mountain. Then it reaches Lewis Township and turns east-southeast, and after some distance, the creek turns northeast and east-northeast, passing through the Mifflinburg Reservoir. Almost another mile downstream, its valley broadens considerably and flows east for a few miles. The creek then turns south-southeast for a few miles, passing by Lake McClure and receiving the tributary Coal Run from the right. Then the creek turns southeast for almost a mile before reaching its confluence with Buffalo Creek, which is 13.34 miles upstream of its mouth.
