Chittenango Creek

River in New York, United States

42°57′31″N 75°45′13″W / 42.95861°N 75.75361°W / 42.95861; -75.75361^[1] MouthOneida Lake

• location

Bridgeport

• coordinates

43°11′01″N 75°59′36″W / 43.18361°N 75.99333°W / 43.18361; -75.99333^[1]Basin featuresProgressionChittenango Creek → Oneida Lake → Oneida River → Oswego River → Lake Ontario → St. Lawrence River → Gulf of St. Lawrence → Atlantic OceanTributaries • leftCazenovia Lake, Limestone CreekWaterfallsChittenango Falls

Chittenango Creek is a small river in central New York, United States.^[1] The creek partially forms the boundary between Onondaga County and Madison County.

The Chittenango Creek watershed comprises about 290 square miles (750 km²) of drainage in Onondaga and Madison counties. The median annual flow is estimated at 300 cubic feet per second (8.5 m³/s).

Course

Chittenango Creek originates in Nelson Swamp in the town of Fenner in Madison County.^[2]^[1] It receives the outflow for Cazenovia Lake near the village of Cazenovia. From there it flows northward, passing over a 167-foot (51 m) waterfall in Chittenango Falls State Park^[3] before flowing through the village of Chittenango. The creek flows out into Oneida Lake near the community of Bridgeport.

Tributaries

Limestone Creek
Meadow Brook

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Chittenango Creek". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
^ "Chittenango Creek". NYS Department of Environmental Conservation. Retrieved January 26, 2016.
^ "Chittenango Falls State Park". NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation. Retrieved January 25, 2016.