Thompson Creek Tributary to Oil Creek
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Nickname(s)	Thompson Run
Location
Country	United States
State	Pennsylvania
County	Crawford
City	Hydetown
Physical characteristics
Source	divide between Thompson Creek and Caldwell Creek
• location	about 0.5 miles east of Shelmadine Springs, Pennsylvania
• coordinates	41°40′32″N 079°33′12″W / 41.67556°N 79.55333°W / 41.67556; -79.55333[1]
• elevation	1,600 ft (490 m)
Mouth	about 1/4 miles southwest of Hydetown, Pennsylvania
• location	Oil Creek
• coordinates	41°38′53″N 079°43′54″W / 41.64806°N 79.73167°W / 41.64806; -79.73167[1]
• elevation	1,240 ft (380 m)
Length	6.82 mi (10.98 km)[2]
Basin size	35.9 square miles (93 km2)[3]
Discharge
• location	Hydetown, Pennsylvania
• average	66.43 cu ft/s (1.881 m3/s) at mouth with Oil Creek[3]
Basin features
Progression	Oil Creek → Allegheny River → Ohio River → Mississippi River → Gulf of Mexico
River system	Allegheny River (Oil Creek)
Population	1,374 (2010)[4]
Tributaries
• left	Hummer Creek
• right	Shirley Run McLaughlin Creek

Thompson Creek is a 6.8 mile (11.0 km) 3rd order tributary to Oil Creek that rises on the Caldwell Creek divide in Crawford County, Pennsylvania.

Variant names

According to the Geographic Names Information System, it has also been known historically as:^[1]

• Thompson's Run
• Thompsons Run

Course

Thompson Run rises on the Caldwell Creek divide about 0.5 miles east of Shelmadine Springs in Crawford County, Pennsylvania. Thompson Creek then flows west to meet Oil Creek in Hydetown.^[5]

Watershed

Thompson Creek drains 35.9 square miles (93 km²) of area, receives about 45.4 in/year of precipitation, has a topographic wetness index of 445.85, and has an average water temperature of 7.35 °C (45.2 °F).^[3] The watershed is 53% forested.^[3]