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Big Spring Creek (Pennsylvania)

Coordinates: 40°11′20″N 77°23′31″W / 40.1888°N 77.3919°W / 40.1888; -77.3919
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Big Spring Creek is a 5.0-mile-long (8.0 km)[1] tributary of Conodoguinet Creek in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania in the United States.[2]

Big Spring Creek, the fifth largest spring in Pennsylvania with a median flow of 18 million US gallons/27 cfs (0.7 m³/s) a day, emerges near U.S. Route 11, approximately 8 miles (13 km) northeast of Shippensburg, and feeds Conodoguinet Creek near Newville.[2]

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References

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  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map Archived 2012-03-29 at the Wayback Machine, accessed August 8, 2011
  2. ^ a b Gertler, Edward. Keystone Canoeing, Seneca Press, 2004. ISBN 0-9749692-0-6
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Note: Big Spring Creek is in the Lower Susquehanna River subbasin, but is not included above because its watershed area is less than 100 km².


40°11′20″N 77°23′31″W / 40.1888°N 77.3919°W / 40.1888; -77.3919