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((other uses|Kiskiminetas (disambiguation)))
((more citations needed|date=June 2014))
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| source1            = Confluence of [[Conemaugh River]] and [[Loyalhanna Creek]]
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| source1_coordinates= ((coord|40|29|8|N|79|27|14|W))<ref name="GNIS 1">((Cite web|title=Kiskiminetas River|date=1979-08-02|publisher=[[Geographic Names Information System]]|accessdate=2010-05-14|url=http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:1192712))</ref>
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The '''Kiskiminetas River''' (commonly referred to as the '''Kiski'''<ref name="Kiski Trib">((Cite web|title=Mussel discovered in Kiski River for first time in a century|date=2019-10-29|publisher=[[Trib Total Media, LLC]]|accessdate=2020-01-02|url=https://triblive.com/local/valley-news-dispatch/mussel-discovered-in-kiski-river-for-first-time-in-a-century/))</ref><ref  name="Kiski">((Cite web|title=Kiskiminetas River|date=2013|publisher=[[Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds and Rivers]]|accessdate=2020-01-02|url=https://pawatersheds.org/vote/kiskiminetas/))</ref> by locals) is a [[tributary]] of the [[Allegheny River]], approximately ((convert|27|mi|km)) long, in Western [[Pennsylvania]] in the [[United States]].<ref name="GNIS 1"/> The region stretching from the northern side of [[Harmar Township, Pennsylvania]] to the Kiskiminetas towns is often referred to by the locals as the Alle-Kiski Valley after the rivers.

== Course ==
((KiskiminetasRiverRouteMap))

The Kiskiminetas River is formed at [[Saltsburg, Pennsylvania|Saltsburg]], on the border between [[Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Westmoreland]] and [[Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Indiana]] counties, by the confluence of the [[Conemaugh River]] and [[Loyalhanna Creek]]. It flows northwest in a [[meander]]ing course past [[Avonmore, Pennsylvania|Avonmore]], [[Apollo, Pennsylvania|Apollo]], [[Vandergrift, Pennsylvania|Vandergrift]], [[Hyde Park, Pennsylvania|Hyde Park]] and [[Leechburg, Pennsylvania|Leechburg]]. It joins the Allegheny River near [[Freeport, Pennsylvania|Freeport]] at [[Schenley, Pennsylvania|Schenley]], approximately ((convert|25|mi|km)) northeast of [[Pittsburgh]].<ref>((cite web|title=Kiskiminetas River|url=https://pawatersheds.org/vote/kiskiminetas/|website=pawatersheds.org|accessdate=30 October 2017))</ref>

The Kiski-Conemaugh watershed includes much of the historic [[coal]]-producing region of Western Pennsylvania. The water quality is considered degraded by numerous abandoned mine drainages in its upper reaches and tributaries, leading to on-going efforts by federal, state, and private agencies to improve the water quality of the river. The [[Kittanning Path]], a major trail in the region used by [[Native Americans in the United States|Native Americans]] and early [[Europe]]an settlers, crossed the river at a ford near present-day Leechburg.

===Political subdivisions===
The course of the Kiskiminetas River traverses the following political subdivisions, named in order of encounter traveling downstream.

*[[Saltsburg, Pennsylvania|Saltsburg]]
*[[Loyalhanna Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Loyalhanna Township, Westmoreland County]]
*[[Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Conemaugh Township, Indiana County]]
*[[Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County]]
*[[Bell Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Bell Township, Westmoreland County]]
*[[Apollo, Pennsylvania|Apollo]]
*[[Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County]]
*[[East Vandergrift, Pennsylvania|East Vandergrift]]
*[[Vandergrift, Pennsylvania|Vandergrift]]
*[[Parks Township, Pennsylvania|Parks Township, Armstrong County]]
*[[Leechburg, Pennsylvania|Leechburg]]
*[[West Leechburg, Pennsylvania|West Leechburg]]
*[[Gilpin Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Gilpin Township, Armstrong County]]

== Tributaries ==

(Mouth at the Allegheny River)

*Elder Run
*Penn Run
*Brady Run
*Guffy Run
*[[Carnahan Run]]
*Pine Run
*Beaver Run
*Roaring Run
**Rattling Run (also called Jackson's Run)
*Flat Run
*Wolford Run
*Long Run
*Sulphur Run
*Blacklegs Creek
**Big Run
**Marshall Run
**Harpers Run
**Nesbit Run
**Hooper Run
**Whisky Run
*[[Loyalhanna Creek]]
*[[Conemaugh River]]

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ style="text-align: left;" | Tributaries of Kiskiminetas River
|-
! Name !! Number !! Bank !! Mouth !! Political subdivision !! Source !! Political subdivision
|-
| Kiskiminetas River<ref name=gnis1192712>((cite gnis|1192712|Kiskiminetas River, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
| style="text-align: center;" | Left
|| ((coord|40|40|46|N|79|40|01|W)) (elev. ((convert|745|ft|m)))
|| [[Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County]]
|| ((coord|40|29|08|N|79|27|14|W))
|| [[Saltsburg, Pennsylvania|Saltsburg]]
|-
| Conemaugh River<ref name=gnis1172300>((cite gnis|1172300|Conemaugh River, Indiana County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | Right
|| ((coord|40|29|08|N|79|27|14|W)) (elev. ((convert|827|ft|m)))
|| [[Saltsburg, Pennsylvania|Saltsburg]]
|| ((coord|40|19|54|N|78|55|30|W))
|| [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania|Johnstown]]
|-
| Loyalhanna Creek<ref name=gnis1180049>((cite gnis|1180049|Loyalhanna Creek, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| style="text-align: center;" | Left
|| ((coord|40|29|07|N|79|27|16|W)) (elev. ((convert|827|ft|m)))
|| [[Loyalhanna Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Loyalhanna Township, Westmoreland County]]
|| ((coord|40|07|45|N|79|20|20|W))
|| [[Donegal Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Donegal Township, Westmoreland County]]
|-
| Blacklegs Creek<ref name=gnis1169760>((cite gnis|1169760|Blacklegs Creek, Indiana County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 3
| style="text-align: center;" | Right
|| ((coord|40|30|02|N|79|27|15|W)) (elev. ((convert|823|ft|m)))
|| [[Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Conemaugh Township, Indiana County]]
|| ((coord|40|37|17|N|79|17|31|W))
|| [[Armstrong Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Armstrong Township, Indiana County]]
|-
| Sulphur Run<ref name=gnis1189007>((cite gnis|1189007|Sulphur Run, Indiana County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 4
| style="text-align: center;" | Right
|| ((coord|40|31|33|N|79|26|59|W)) (elev. ((convert|820|ft|m)))
|| [[Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Conemaugh Township, Indiana County]]
|| ((coord|40|32|49|N|79|26|06|W))
|| [[Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County]]
|-
| Long Run<ref name=gnis1179882>((cite gnis|1179882|Long Run, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 5
| style="text-align: center;" | Right
|| ((coord|40|32|00|N|79|28|34|W)) (elev. ((convert|823|ft|m)))
|| [[Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County]]
|| ((coord|40|35|52|N|79|25|26|W))
|| [[South Bend Township, Pennsylvania|South Bend Township, Armstrong County]]
|-
| Wolford Run<ref name=gnis1191701>((cite gnis|1191701|Wolford Run, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 6
| style="text-align: center;" | Left
|| ((coord|40|31|29|N|79|29|24|W)) (elev. ((convert|807|ft|m)))
|| [[Bell Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Bell Township, Westmoreland County]]
|| ((coord|40|28|25|N|79|31|37|W))
|| [[Loyalhanna Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Loyalhanna Township, Westmoreland County]]
|-
| Flat Run<ref name=gnis1209299>((cite gnis|1209299|Flat Run, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 7
| style="text-align: center;" | Right
|| ((coord|40|32|10|N|79|30|17|W)) (elev. ((convert|801|ft|m)))
|| [[Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County]]
|| ((coord|40|34|06|N|79|28|16|W))
|| [[Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County]]
|-
| Roaring Run<ref name=gnis1185183>((cite gnis|1185183|Roaring Run, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 8
| style="text-align: center;" | Right
|| ((coord|40|33|04|N|79|32|10|W)) (elev. ((convert|801|ft|m)))
|| [[Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County]]
|| ((coord|40|36|18|N|79|26|27|W))
|| [[Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County]]
|-
| Rattling Run<ref name=gnis1184688>((cite gnis|1184688|Rattling Run, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 8.1
| style="text-align: center;" | Right
|| ((coord|40|33|39|N|79|31|38|W)) (elev. ((convert|919|ft|m)))
|| [[Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County]]
|| ((coord|40|36|40|N|79|30|30|W))
|| [[Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County]]
|-
| Beaver Run<ref name=gnis1169033>((cite gnis|1169033|Beaver Run, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 9
| style="text-align: center;" | Left
|| ((coord|40|34|35|N|79|34|03|W)) (elev. ((convert|787|ft|m)))
|| [[Bell Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Bell Township, Westmoreland County]]
|| ((coord|40|21|40|N|79|32|34|W))
|| [[Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Hempfield Township, Westmoreland County]]
|-
| Pine Run<ref name=gnis1214681>((cite gnis|1214681|Pine Run, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 10
| style="text-align: center;" | Left
|| ((coord|40|36|26|N|79|35|05|W)) (elev. ((convert|771|ft|m)))
|| [[Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County]]
|| ((coord|40|30|57|N|79|37|21|W))
|| [[Washington Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Washington Township, Westmoreland County]]
|-
| Carnahan Run<ref name=gnis1171227>((cite gnis|1171227|Carnahan Run, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 11
| style="text-align: center;" | Right
|| ((coord|40|36|44|N|79|35|02|W)) (elev. ((convert|768|ft|m)))
|| [[Parks Township, Pennsylvania|Parks Township, Armstrong County]]
|| ((coord|40|37|50|N|79|28|34|W))
|| [[Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Kiskiminetas Township, Armstrong County]]
|-
| Guffy Run<ref name=gnis1176297>((cite gnis|1176297|Guffy Run, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 12
| style="text-align: center;" | Right
|| ((coord|40|37|59|N|79|34|54|W)) (elev. ((convert|784|ft|m)))
|| [[Parks Township, Pennsylvania|Parks Township, Armstrong County]]
|| ((coord|40|40|46|N|79|33|25|W))
|| [[Bethel Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Bethel Township, Armstrong County]]
|-
| Brady Run<ref name=gnis1170138>((cite gnis|1170138|Brady Run, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 13
| style="text-align: center;" | Right
|| ((coord|40|37|57|N|79|36|33|W)) (elev. ((convert|758|ft|m)))
|| [[Leechburg, Pennsylvania|Leechburg]]
|| ((coord|40|40|04|N|79|34|39|W))
|| [[Gilpin Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Gilpin Township, Armstrong County]]
|-
| Penn Run<ref name=gnis1183487>((cite gnis|1183487|Penn Run, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 14
| style="text-align: center;" | Left
|| ((coord|40|38|24|N|79|37|20|W)) (elev. ((convert|863|ft|m)))
|| [[West Leechburg, Pennsylvania|West Leechburg]]
|| ((coord|40|37|42|N|79|38|06|W))
|| [[Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania|Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County]]
|-
| Elder Run<ref name=gnis1192423>((cite gnis|1192423|Elder Run, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 15
| style="text-align: center;" | Right
|| ((coord|40|38|52|N|79|37|33|W)) (elev. ((convert|755|ft|m)))
|| [[Gilpin Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Gilpin Township, Armstrong County]]
|| ((coord|40|41|23|N|79|34|21|W))
|| [[Gilpin Township, Armstrong County, Pennsylvania|Gilpin Township, Armstrong County]]
|}

===Blacklegs Creek===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ style="text-align: left;" | Tributaries of Blacklegs Creek
|-
! Name !! Number !! Bank !! Mouth !! Political subdivision !! Source !! Political subdivision
|-
| Blacklegs Creek<ref name=gnis1169760/>
| style="text-align: center;" | 0
| style="text-align: center;" | Right
|| ((coord|40|30|02|N|79|27|15|W)) (elev. ((convert|823|ft|m)))
|| [[Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Conemaugh Township, Indiana County]]
|| ((coord|40|37|17|N|79|17|31|W))
|| [[Armstrong Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Armstrong Township, Indiana County]]
|-
| Green Valley Lake<ref name=gnis1176127>((cite gnis|1176127|Green Valley Lake, Indiana County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 1
| style="text-align: center;" | Left
|| ((coord|40|35|45|N|79|18|35|W)) (elev. ((convert|1132|ft|m)))
|| [[Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Young Township, Indiana County]]
||
||
|-
| Whisky Run<ref name=gnis1191240>((cite gnis|1191240|Whisky Run, Indiana County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 2
| style="text-align: center;" | Right
|| ((coord|40|33|41|N|79|21|40|W)) (elev. ((convert|955|ft|m)))
|| [[Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Young Township, Indiana County]]
|| ((coord|40|36|26|N|79|24|37|W))
|| [[South Bend Township, Pennsylvania|South Bend Township, Armstrong County]]
|-
| Hooper Run<ref name=gnis1177363>((cite gnis|1177363|Hooper Run, Indiana County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 3
| style="text-align: center;" | Left
|| ((coord|40|33|00|N|79|21|54|W)) (elev. ((convert|935|ft|m)))
|| [[Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Young Township, Indiana County]]
|| ((coord|40|35|15|N|79|18|54|W))
|| [[Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Young Township, Indiana County]]
|-
| Nesbit Run<ref name=gnis1182251>((cite gnis|1182251|Nesbit Run, Indiana County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 4
| style="text-align: center;" | Right
|| ((coord|40|32|35|N|79|22|04|W)) (elev. ((convert|922|ft|m)))
|| [[Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Young Township, Indiana County]]
|| ((coord|40|34|55|N|79|23|11|W))
|| [[Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Young Township, Indiana County]]
|-
| Harpers Run<ref name=gnis1192585>((cite gnis|1192585|Harpers Run, Indiana County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 5
| style="text-align: center;" | Right
|| ((coord|40|32|11|N|79|22|33|W)) (elev. ((convert|912|ft|m)))
|| [[Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Young Township, Indiana County]]
|| ((coord|40|35|04|N|79|23|50|W))
|| [[South Bend Township, Pennsylvania|South Bend Township, Armstrong County]]
|-
| Marshall Run<ref name=gnis1180476>((cite gnis|1180476|Marshall Run, Indiana County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 6
| style="text-align: center;" | Left
|| ((coord|40|31|55|N|79|22|51|W)) (elev. ((convert|909|ft|m)))
|| [[Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Conemaugh Township, Indiana County]]
|| ((coord|40|31|22|N|79|19|07|W))
|| [[Young Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Young Township, Indiana County]]
|-
| Big Run<ref name=gnis1169563>((cite gnis|1169563|Big Run, Indiana County, Pennsylvania))</ref>
| style="text-align: center;" | 7
| style="text-align: center;" | Right
|| ((coord|40|31|16|N|79|24|05|W)) (elev. ((convert|886|ft|m)))
|| [[Conemaugh Township, Indiana County, Pennsylvania|Conemaugh Township, Indiana County]]
|| ((coord|40|36|52|N|79|25|46|W))
|| [[South Bend Township, Pennsylvania|South Bend Township, Armstrong County]]
|}

== Etymology ==

There is no definite interpretation of the origin of the name. It may come from a Native American phrase ''Kithanne'', meaning "Place of the largest stream." According to regional historians in the area, the name has historically had several other possible meanings, including: "river of the big fish" and "plenty of walnuts." Robert Walker Smith in his "History of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania" (Chicago: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883) reported that [[John Heckewelder]] (a Moravian writer, explorer, and historian who wrote about the Lenape and other tribes in Western Pennsylvania in the 18th century) claimed that the name is "corrupted from Gieschgumanito, signifying, make daylight. In this case, the etymology is: Gisch-gu---day; gisch-que---today; gieschapen---it is daybreak; manitoon---to make. It was probably the word of command, given by a warrior to his comrades at night to break up camp and resume the journey, or war-path." Smith also described another possible meaning from another source: "It is said in McCullough's Narrative, that the Indians called this river Kee-ak-ksheman-nit-toos, signifying 'cut spirit'." Smith noted that he preferred Heckewelder's definition. It is also possible that "Kiskiminetas" means "clear, clean stream of many bends."

== See also ==
* [[List of crossings of the Kiskiminetas River]]
* [[List of rivers of Pennsylvania]]
* [[List of tributaries of the Allegheny River]]

== References ==
((Reflist))

==External links==
((Commons category|Kiskiminetas River))
((Kml))
* [http://waterdata.usgs.gov/pa/nwis/current/?type=flow U.S. Geological Survey: PA stream gaging stations]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050316204319/http://www.pa-roots.com/~armstrong/smithproject/history/chap10a.html Kiskiminetas meaning]

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[[Category:Tributaries of the Allegheny River]]
[[Category:Rivers of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Rivers of Armstrong County, Pennsylvania]]
[[Category:Rivers of Indiana County, Pennsylvania]]

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