Butler Creek (Nine Partners Creek tributary)
| Butler Creek | |
|---|---|
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | unnamed pond on a hill in Jackson Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania |
| • elevation | 1,780 feet (540 m) |
| Mouth | |
• location | Nine Partners Creek in Harford Township, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania near Harding Corners |
• coordinates | 41°43′43″N 75°40′35″W / 41.7285°N 75.6764°W |
• elevation | 892 feet (272 m) |
| Length | 12 mi (19 km) |
| Discharge | |
| • location | at Gibson |
| • average | 11.9 cubic feet per second (0.34 m3/s) (annual average, 1976); 17.5 cubic feet per second (0.50 m3/s) (annual average, 1979) |
| Basin features | |
| Progression | Nine Partners Creek → Tunkhannock Creek → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay |
| Tributaries | |
| • right | Little Butler Creek |
| Waterbodies | Butler Lake |
Butler Creek is a tributary of Nine Partners Creek in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is approximately 12 miles (19 km) long and flows through Jackson Township, Gibson Township, and Harford Township. The watershed of the creek has an area of 20.6 square miles (53 km2). The creek has one named tributary, which is known as Little Butler Creek, and is not designated as an impaired waterbody. The creek's valley is a "beaded valley", at least in its upper reaches, and has thick deposits of till in its valley.
The headwaters of Butler Creek are in a lake known as Butler Lake. A number of bridges have also been constructed over the creek. Wild trout naturally reproduce within it, and forested blocks occur along the creek.