Wharton Creek (Unadilla River tributary)

Wharton Creek
Wherton Creek upstream of County Route 23
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Location
Country	United States
State	New York
Region	Central New York
County	Otsego
Towns	Richfield, Plainfield, Exeter, Burlington, Edmeston, Pittsfield
Physical characteristics
Mouth	Unadilla River
• location	New Berlin
• coordinates	42°37′06″N 75°19′40″W
Length	36.1 mi (58.1 km)
Basin size	92.4 sq mi (239 km^2)[1]
Basin features
Progression	Wharton Creek → Unadilla River → Susquehanna River → Chesapeake Bay → Atlantic Ocean
Tributaries
• left	Fly Brook, Dundee Brook
• right	Mill Creek

Wharton Creek is a 36.1-mile-long (58.1 km)[2] tributary of the Unadilla River in western Otsego County, in the state of New York. Via the Unadilla River, it is part of the Susquehanna River watershed, flowing to Chesapeake Bay.

Wharton Creek rises in the town of Richfield and flows southwest through the towns of Plainfield, Exeter, Burlington, Edmeston, and Pittsfield, where it empties into the Unadilla River at the village of New Berlin.

Tributaries

Fly Brook converges with Wharton Creek south of Burlington Flats. Dundee Brook converges with Wharton Creek north-northeast of Burlington Flats.[3]

See also

• List of rivers in New York

References

1. "WHARTON CREEK AT MOUTH AT NEW BERLIN NY". usgs.gov. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved September 7, 2021.
2. U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline data. The National Map, accessed August 8, 2011
3. "Dundee Brook". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2018-09-09.